dec 29, 1845 - Texas Annexation
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Description: A decade after gaining independence from Mexico, Texas was admitted into the United States as a slave state
Causes:
-Texas request for annexation
-Manifest Destiny
-Southern desire to spread slavery
Historical Impact:
-Worsen controversy over spread of slavery further west
-Opened up pasture lands to farm and settle
-Open up trade routes through rivers
-Start of Mexican American War
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