Question

Why did the United States decline to annex Texas in 1837?

Select one:
O A. President Van Buren feared that annexation would spark an American civil war over the
issue of slavery.
B. The U.S. Congress refused annexation because it did not want to assume Texas's large
Mexican population.
O C. President Van Buren could not convince the Whig-dominated Senate to accept the treaty.
O D. Texans refused to legalize slavery, which was the only condition on which southern
politicians would accept Texan statehood.

Answer 1

A. President Van Buren feared that annexation would spark an American civil war over the issue of slavery.

Step-by-step explanation:

When Texas became independent, it wanted to join up with the United States. The US did not want to annex Texas because doing so would have upset the balance between slave states and free states that had been accomplished with the Missouri Compromise of 1820.