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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Texas has a lot of debt that the U.S. could help take care of
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legitimize their independence from Mexico
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Texas would join as a slave state giving the north more political power
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Mexico was still a threat and the U.S. had a much larger military
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Detailed explanation-1: -Until Texas could pay the U.S. (and the other countries) the money it owed, the U.S. did not want to make Texas a state. Reason #2 – Economic Growth – Texas and the rest of the West provided more land for settlement, farming and trade opportunities. a state? Texans voted for annexation and adopted a state constitution.
Detailed explanation-2: -Opposition began in the early 1820s and crystallized into a movement led by Conscience Whigs and abolitionists between 1836 and 1844. During these years, opponents of annexation fervently warned that acquiring Texas would ignite war with Mexico and set the nation on a path of empire building.
Detailed explanation-3: -Politics in the United States fractured over the issue of whether Texas should be admitted as a slave or free state. In the end, Texas was admitted to the United States a slave state. The annexation of Texas contributed to the coming of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848).
Detailed explanation-4: -4. What were the arguments for and against the annexation of Texas? The arguments for the annexation of Texas was that the South wanted Texas because it would be a slave state under the Missouri Compromise. The arguments against the annexation of Texas was that the North was against the spread of slavery.