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After ten years of independence Texas was still menaced by Mexico and the Commanche. Becoming a US State gave Texas added security. Also, Texas received the same rights as any US state at the time, and Texas was allowed to join the Union as a slave state.
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The state of Texas re-entered the union in 1870. The state first joined the union in December of 1845 but briefly joined the Confederate States of America in 1861.
Texas 28th State December 29, 1845
Missouri just joined the union as a slave state
I believe Mississippi
Texas was a southern state during the Civil War.
West Virginia broke apart from the slave state Virginia and joined the Union, but for the most part all slave states were Confederate.
Texas joined the Union in 1845, the only state to enter the US by treaty.
Texas joined the union of states that comprise the United States. Texas was admitted into the Union on December 29, 1845 becoming the 28th state to join the Union.
Southerners favored the annexation of Texas, but Northerners objected that Texas would add another slave state to the Union.