Which statement best represents the author's opinion about pumpkins? A. Whether the pumpkin is decorative, edible, or both, it represents a time of bounty and change to many.

B. Historians say that jack–o–lanterns originated in either Scotland or Ireland, and were used as actual lanterns.

C. Making pie is not the only use for the celebrated autumn fruit.

D. The days are getting shorter.

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.