The question of whether or not the United States should annex Texas was most heavily influenced and delayed by ______.

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The issue of slavery was heavily intertwined with the annexation of Texas. The annexation of Texas would have upset the balance of free and slave states in the United States, as Texas was a slave state. This caused controversy and delayed the decision to annex Texas.

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