Why did the USA Initially say they did NOT want Texas to be admitted as a state?

!pls! 50 pts! in the first years of the united states under the constitution, the first political parties started to develop. this ran against the hopes and expectations of many people who had written the constitution. write a brief essay in which you attempt to explain why the country may have been better off without political parties.

The battle of sabine pass is important because? a) it was a stalemate between union and confederate armies. b) it resulted in the largest confederate casualty in the war. c) it marks the failed attempt of the union army to invade the confederate state of texas. d) it was won by the union soldiers and marked a turning point in the western front of the war.

What do the differing approaches of booker t. washington and w.e.b du bois suggest about their views of american society?