MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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Question
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Annexation would likely start a war between the United States and Mexico.
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The United States did not recognize the independence of the Texas Republic.
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Annexation would raise problems with slaveholders in the United States.
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The United States had laws forbidding any slave state to be admitted to the Union.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Why did Congress refuse to annex Texas in 1830’s? They did not want war with Mexico. They were worried about adding another slave state. What was the New Mexico Territory?
Detailed explanation-4: -Many Americans also feared that annexation would lead to war with Mexico. it upheld the balance between slave and free states, avoided the expansion of slavery, and avoided war with Mexico.
Detailed explanation-5: -The short answer is that they didn’t have the votes to pass such a treaty in Congress.