Which statement best explains how slavery affected Texas’s decision to secede from the Union?(1 point)
Responses
The election of Lincoln in 1860 threatened the economic power of plantation owners in Texas.
The election of Lincoln in 1860 threatened the economic power of plantation owners in Texas.
Texas believed that Mexico would abolish slavery, so they joined the Confederacy to protect it.
Texas believed that Mexico would abolish slavery, so they joined the Confederacy to protect it.
Geographic location, rather than slavery, led Texas to join the Confederacy.
Geographic location, rather than slavery, led Texas to join the Confederacy.
Texas feared that the international antislavery movement would cause Great Britain to invade the state to end slavery.