MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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A war with Mexico could occur and slavery
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debt and no resources in Texas
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slavery and certain individual rights were not given
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -One reason that some people did not want to annex Texas as a state was the issue of slavery. Texas was a slave state and would have tipped the balance between the free states and slave states toward slavery. A second issue with making Texas a state was the worry that doing so would incite war with Mexico.
Detailed explanation-2: -The primary reason the U.S. did not want to annex Texas in 1837 was because annexation would likely start a war with Mexico. In 1845, many Mexicans were unhappy about the annexation of Texas by the United States. The root cause of the war was that Mexico and the U.S. could not agree on the Texas-Mexico border.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mexico also feared a domino effect-that giving up Texas would lead to the loss of their other northern territories. Many Mexicans also distrusted the other powers involved in the Texas dispute.