In the early 1940s, the united states was determined to prove to the world that her motives for entering world war ii were:
imperialistic
to attack russia
to re-establish peace in the world
to gain new possessions

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.