MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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Question
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This president opposed Texas annexation. He wanted Texas to remain an independent republic so it could expand.
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Sam Houston
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Mirabeau Lamar
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Anson Jones
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James Polk
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Texas withdrew the annexation offer in 1838; President Mirabeau B. Lamar (1838–41) opposed annexation and did not reopen the question.
Detailed explanation-2: -Texans elected Mirabeau B. Lamar, who had served as vice president under Houston. Lamar opposed annexation to the U.S. because he believed that one day Texas would be a powerful, independent nation that would extend all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
Detailed explanation-3: -As early as 1836, Texans had voted for annexation by the United States, but the proposition was rejected by the Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren administrations.
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