It first started with the Pearl Harbor Attack and was officially announced by Roosevelt in the Quarantine Speech.
Answer:
On the last days of his presidency, Congress passed the joint resolution to annex Texas, the Republic of Texas voted to accept the annexation on June 23rd. On March 1st, the last day of his presidency, President Tyler signed the Joint Resolution for Texas Annexation.
Explanation:
Many former slaves still were unedumercated and needed to find jobs this lead to a legal form of work known as share cropping (tending to crops for a portion of the crop or a low wage pay)
They handled some of the manual labor on their fiefs.