texas was number 2 to join the united states.
what number was texas to join the united states?
2
although not recognized as such by mexico, texas declared itself an independent nation, the republic of texas. attracted by the rich lands for cotton plantations and ranching, tens of thousands of immigrants arrived from the u.s. and from germany as well. in 1845, texas joined the united states, becoming the 28th state, when the united states annexed it. only after the conclusion of the mexican–american war, with the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo in 1848, did mexico recognize texan independence. texas declared its secession from the united states in 1861 to join the confederate states of america. only a few battles of the american civil war were fought in texas; most texas regiments served in the east. when the war ended, the enslaved african americans were freed. texas was subject to reconstruction, a process that left a residue of bitterness among whites. they regained political dominance and passed laws in the late 19th century creating second-class status for blacks in a jim crow system of segregation and disenfranchising them in 1901 through passage of a poll tax. blacks were excluded from the formal political system until after passage of federal civil rights legislation in the mid-1960s.
history of texas
manifest destiny played an important role in the expansion of texas and american relationship with mexico. in 1836, the republic of texas declared independence from mexico and, after the texas revolution, sought to join the united states as a new state. this was an idealized process of expansion that had been advocated from jefferson to o'sullivan: newly democratic and independent states would request entry into the united states, rather than the united states extending its government over people who did not want it. the annexation of texas was attacked by anti-slavery spokesmen because it would add another slave state to the union. presidents andrew jackson and martin van buren declined texas's offer to join the united states in part because the slavery issue threatened to divide the democratic party.
manifest destiny