The Major Argument Against Annexing Texas to the United States

question 41

Multiple Choice

The major argument against annexing Texas to the United States was that

• A) it could involve the country in ruinous wars with Britain and France.
• B) it would add strength to the southern "slave power."
• C) Texas would be far larger than any existing American state.
• D) it would be better to retain an independent Texas as a buffer state.
• E) it would lead to tensions and possible war with Mexico.

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