MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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Question
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Why were the Northern states against annexing Texas?
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They didn’t want to have more Mexicans in the US.
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They didn’t want to have more slave states in the US.
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They didn’t want to have more cotton producing states in the US.
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: Northern states were against the annexation of Texas because they did not want to add another slave state into the Union. Texas ended up seceding from the Union in 1861 in order to join the Confederacy.
Detailed explanation-2: -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).
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