When Texas wanted to join the Union right after becoming independent in 1836, one of the reasons why the annexation was blocked was because Texas would have been a slave state. ... The people in Texas wanted slavery to continue, which would assist with the growing of cotton.
They first divided it into parties, the federalist and the anti-federalist party which caused a social drift between people. Another early challenge was growth and development which separated the country into northern states that were already developed and southern states that were developing rapidly. This second challenge was both social and regional.
