Wimauma-Lithia-area historical earthquake activity is near Florida state average. It is 96% smaller than the overall U.S. average. On 9/10/2006 at 14:56:08, a magnitude 5.9 (5.9 MB, 5.5 MS, 5.8 MW, Depth: 8.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 289.7 miles away from the city center.
Most Hawaiians disapproved annexation, but Americans and a small, powerful group of sugar growers, traders and missionaries approved of it. After William McKinley became president, Congress approved of the annexation of Hawaii, and in 1900, Hawaii joined the Nation as a state.
Quick Answer. The Texas annexation was so controversial because adding Texas to the United States would inflame sectional tensions between the abolitionist North and the slave-holding South. The Whigs were generally opposed to expansion that included slavery, while the Democrats supported such growth. Continue Reading.