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Should Texas exercise a condition of its annexation and subdivide itself into five states?
A little known provision would allow Texas to divide itself into five states. The number of districts in the House of Representatives would remain essentially unchanged or only changed slightly, but this would add eight Senators.
Personally, I'm not in favor of it. While Texas, by and large, is a fairly prosperous and economically viable state, not all parts of it are as strong. We would be introducing some fairly robust states into the mix along with some that would be among the poorest in the country.
So my answer would be, don't mess with Texas. What would your answer be?
I gave this some thought. There were three good answers, but the two that said Texas doesn't have the authority to subdivide itself didn't really answer my question. I suspect any movement to subdivide Texas would be the subject of a lot of review and discussion and probably would be taken to court. However, I did not ask "Can Texas...etc...", I asked "Should Texas...etc..." Only one answer addressed that question.
Texas was annexed, did secede, and was readmitted to the Union. During its rather brief periods of independence it was a republic. For the most part, Texas has conducted itself as one of the states throughout its time as a part of the USA. While secession has been mentioned, seriously by some, it has never really been on the table post-Civil War.
4 Answers
- ElysabethLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
Texas is way big enough to handle its own problems, all...except...the...immigrants.
- 5 years ago
After huge negotiation with the aid of the American chargé d'affaires to Texas, Andrew Jackson Donelson, nephew of former president Andrew Jackson, Republic of Texas President Anson Jones, former Texas president Sam Houston, and the Texas congress consented to the annexation. Texas ratified the Joint decision on July four. On 29 December 1845, President Polk accredited Texas's admission to the Union as a state. A aspect within the Texas annexation discussions in the united states used to be the cognizance of the northern states that there can be two new slave state Senators when Texas used to be admitted. Despite the fact that Mexico had outlawed slavery entirely years prior to Texas independence, slavery used to be allowed to continue in Mexican Texas, and endured to exist in Texas throughout its years as an impartial Republic. Mexico broke off diplomatic family members with the U.S. In 1845 over the obstacle, which ultimately led to the Mexican-American struggle the next yr. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the struggle when the U.S. Ratified the treaty on March 10, 1848. The treaty allowed the U.S. To purchase California and different areas from Mexico on the that american citizens would honor Mexican tradition and values. The annexation of Texas was tremendously controversial amongst the states and contributed to widening American sectionalism main as much as the Civil warfare.
- dobberxLv 79 years ago
Texas has no special right on this issue.
"Section 3
New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new States
shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any
State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or parts of States,
without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of
the Congress."
- SLv 49 years ago
Texas has no power to unilaterally do this. Don't forget that Texas has been admitted to the Union twice, and the second time around, after it seceded, there was no such condition. So although it could petition Congress to divide it, it cannot divide itself.
