Why were most northerners opposed to the annexation of texas?

they did not believe the united states should expand beyond its current borders.

they did not want another slaveholding state admitted to the union.

they were concerned that texas would become an industrial rival.

they believed that texas would draw their labor force away from the north.

Anagnos: . . it will no doubt be difficult for you there, annie. but it has been difficult for you at our school too, hm? gratifying, yes, when you came to us and could not spell your name, to accomplish so much here in a few years, but always an irish battle. for independence. (he studies annie, humorously; she does not open her eyes.) this is my last time to counsel you, annie, and you do lack some – by some i mean all – what, tact or talent to bend. to others. and what had saved you on more than one occasion here at perkins is that there was nowhere to expel you to. what do anagnos's words reveal about annie in this excerpt