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Why did the United States want texas ? explain

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The US keeps Texas in the same manner that it wants to retain all of its territories after the Civil War, which essentially fixed the dilemma with states leaving the union once they're in, so Texas is part of the sovereign land of the United States, and we don't throw states out simply because their policies can or may not agree with what's happening at the federal level.

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