Why were the early months of ww2 referred to as the phoney war?

Why was control of the atlantic ocean essential to great britain’s success in world war 2

What was a northern objection to the kansas-nebraska act?

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.