Remember, your opening should: state your opinion on the annexation of hawaii. state your main argument or theme. appeal to the audience. write two or three sentences for the opening of your speech.

Why were presidents andrew jackson and martin van buren unwilling to annex texas? a. they did not want texas to be admitted to the union as a slave state. b. they feared that the annexation of texas as a slave state would lead to political problems within the union. c. they thought that texas was too large to be admitted to the union as one state. d. they did not believe in the idea of manifest destiny.