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What is the main reason why early petitions by the republic of texas to join the u.s. were rejected

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Political disagreements over slavery caused pushback on allowing Texas to become apart of the US. Texas was attempting to join as a pro slavery state, which would cause an outnumbering of anti slavery states.
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