History of the United States I / Unit 11 USH1 1535 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Annexation Delayed
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The idea
American politicians hesitated over annexation for a decade, because it would almost certainly mean war with Mexico.
In practice
The prospect of reopening the whole slavery fight settled by the Missouri Crisis.
Where people slip
Texas would enter as a slave state, so the Senate arithmetic of entry 1518 applied to it again.
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