American Civil War · TURNING POINT ·
Annexation of Texas (1845)
On the American Civil War map as “Texas annexed”
29 Dec 1845 — Texas enters the Union as a slave state through a joint resolution of Congress. The resolution needs only simple majorities; an annexation treaty had failed in the Senate in 1844. Mexico had already broken off relations and warned that annexation meant war.
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- Mexican–American War (chapter 1 of American Civil War)
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- The American Civil War, 1840–1877
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