Why were most northerners opposed to the annexation of texas?

they did not believe the united states should expand beyond its current borders.

they did not want another slaveholding state admitted to the union.

they were concerned that texas would become an industrial rival.

they believed that texas would draw their labor force away from the north.

They did not want another slave holding state admitted to the union.

abraham lincoln  (february 12, 1809  – april 15, 1865) was an american statesman, politician, and lawyer who served as the 16th  president of the united states  from 1861 until  his assassination  in april 1865. lincoln led the nation through the  american civil war, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.[2][3]  he preserved the  union,  abolished slavery, strengthened the  federal government, and modernized  the u.s. economy.

b: to eliminate competition from other farmers