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Why were Southern states in favor of annexing Texas?

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Following the 16th century conquests of Hernando Cortez, Spanish forces extended their influence northward into what is the present-day United States. This expansionestablished a Spanish (and later Mexican) claim to much of the southwestern part of the United States and California.

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