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According to one Texan, keeping them enslaved was the primary goal of the state in joining the Confederacy
Clemmie Schiller
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∙ 8y agoGaining control of Texas would have been a great asset to the Union's war effort for a number of reasons. Texas had ports that opened to the Gulf of Mexico, controlling those ports would have hampered trade and supplies from entering or leaving the ports. Having control of Texas would have given the Union control of important areas of the South on both sides of the Mississippi River.As it turned out, Texas did not become a major battle ground as both armies, North & South were focused east of the Mississippi, in Tennessee and in Virginia.
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∙ 13y agoTo use the pass to capture Houston and Galveston.
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According to one Texan, keeping them enslaved was the primary goal of the state in joining the Confederacy..
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Did the Union want to control the Mississippi River?
The Mississippi was too huge for the Union so they didnt want to control it!
What states want to secede from the union?
Texas
Why did Texas want to join the union?
Texas did not want to join the union of the United States. In 1845 when Texas joined the union, it was due to mismanaged finances, and the refusal of the people that were settling in Texas (which used to be a part of Mexico) to abolish slavery.
Why did the Union want to gain control of Texas during the Civil War'?
Gaining control of Texas would have been a great asset to the Union's war effort for a number of reasons. Texas had ports that opened to the Gulf of Mexico, controlling those ports would have hampered trade and supplies from entering or leaving the ports. Having control of Texas would have given the Union control of important areas of the South on both sides of the Mississippi River.As it turned out, Texas did not become a major battle ground as both armies, North & South were focused east of the Mississippi, in Tennessee and in Virginia.
Why did the US not want to admit Texas to the union?
It would have to enter as a slave state. And they didn't want a war with Texas and Mexico.
Why did the union want to control the border states?
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What did union control of the Mississippi accomplish?
It prevented Texas supplies from reaching Confederate troops.
Where did Texas leave the union?
Texas leave the union in Texas
What President did not want to admit Texas into the union?
president Jackson and trouble with Mexico
What did Union control of the Mississippi river accomplish?
It prevented Texas supplies from reaching Confederate troops.
Why did the US want to annex Texas?
Because Texas allowed slavery, Northerners were opposed to allowing another slave state into the Union.
Why did the US not want to annex Texas?
Because Texas allowed slavery, Northerners were opposed to allowing another slave state into the Union.
