Which statement best explains how slavery affected Texas’s decision to secede from the Union?(1 point)

Question

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Geographic location, rather than slavery, led Texas to join the Confederacy.
Geographic location, rather than slavery, led Texas to join the Confederacy.

Texas feared that the international antislavery movement would cause Great Britain to invade the state to end slavery.
Texas feared that the international antislavery movement would cause Great Britain to invade the state to end slavery.

Texas believed that Mexico would abolish slavery, so they joined the Confederacy to protect it.
Texas believed that Mexico would abolish slavery, so they joined the Confederacy to protect it.

The election of Lincoln in 1860 threatened the economic power of plantation owners in Texas.

Answer 1

The statement that best explains how slavery affected Texas’s decision to secede from the Union is:

The election of Lincoln in 1860 threatened the economic power of plantation owners in Texas.

Lincoln's opposition to the expansion of slavery was perceived as a direct threat to the interests of slaveholders and the plantation economy in Texas, leading to concerns that their way of life would be at risk if they remained in the Union.