15. After Texas won its independence from Mexico in 1836, the American government did not want to annex, or add, Texas to the United States because...Choose 2 reasons listed below.

Question

(2 points)
Responses

They did not want to upset the balance between slave states and free states
They did not want to upset the balance between slave states and free states

Texas had too much land and it would cost a lot of money to build infrastructure.
Texas had too much land and it would cost a lot of money to build infrastructure.

They feared that there would be war with Mexico
They feared that there would be war with Mexico

They did not want to add to the population.

Answer 1

The two reasons the American government did not want to annex Texas after it won its independence from Mexico in 1836 are:

1. They did not want to upset the balance between slave states and free states.
2. They feared that there would be war with Mexico.