How did Rome's growing republic affect small farmers?

A)Small farms saw an increase in production because of all the conquered territories.
B)Owners of large estates hired small farmers to help them with their farm work.
C)Large estates worked by enslaved laborers caused economic hardships for small farms.
D)Enslaved people worked on both the big estates and the small farms.

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.