Yes, they opposed the expansion of slavery.
After Texas gaining their independence from Mexico. Texas asked the US to annex them thus entering the union as a slave state.
Southerners favored the annexation of Texas, but Northerners objected that Texas would add another slave state to the Union.
Well no one really knows the correct answer because all documentation of the annexation of Texas Was lost in a tragic fire which killed approximately 40 people.
The United States had attempted to balance the number of slave states with the number of states that opposed slavery. By allowing Texas to become a part of the United States, the balance would have shifted.
The president that supported annexation was James K. Polk.
Martin Van Buren
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Clay and Van Buren tried to not take a stand on the annexation of Texas because they didn't want to jeopardize their chance for being presidential candidate for their party.
People were opposed to the annexation of Texas because it would be admitted to the union as a slave state.
The northern state who opposed slavery.
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The Hawaiian Patriotic league opposed the annexation of Hawaii. President William McKinley proposed and favored the annexation of Hawaii.
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James K. Polk, a democrat, was elected. Polk annexation of Texas. His victory showed that most voters favored Texas annexation.
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