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Unit 7- Early Statehood
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Points of View
and terms of
Annexation in
1845
The events and issues
influencing Texas
during andbyafter
annexation to the
United States.
Geographic/population
distributions and
land use in Early
Statehood
__Mexican War Map
__Compromise 1850
Events and issues during
early Texas Statehood
__Immigration to Texas
__Unit 7 Test
Why did Mexico and the US disagree over the Texas border?
How did the Mexican War start and end?
Where did European immigrants settle and why?
How did Texas get its final borders that we know today?
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__Unit Summary: Early
Statehood
The events and issues
influencing Texas during
and after annexation to
the United States.
Points of View
and terms of
Annexation in
1845
Identifying and
sequencing
--Most Texans favored joining
the U.S. due to the financial
problems of the Republic and
border dispute with Mexico.
--Some Americans favored the
annexation of Texas as a step
towards Manifest Destiny
--Other Americans feared Texas
would upset the balance
between slave and free states.
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Events and issues
during early Texas
Statehood
Unit 7 Goal:
analyzing
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Geographic/population
distributions and
land use in Early Statehood
--Population in Texas doubled
after annexation
--Americans migrated to Texas
and European immigration
increased
--Germans were the largest
immigrant group during this time
settling mostly in the Hill Country.
--Towns grew into cities with
Galveston as the largest and most
important port city (shipping and
immigration)
--Corn was the main crop in
Texas and most Texans were
farmers
--Less than 25% of Texans
owned slaves but as immigration
increased so did slaves and slave
owners.
--Cotton plantations and slavery
existed mostly in the south and
east.
Mexican War
--U.S. Mexican War was caused by a border dispute.
Texas/U.S. claim the Rio Grande as the Western and Southern
border while Mexico claims the Nueces River as the border.
--The war began at Brownsville when a skirmish breaks out.
President Polk claims “American blood has been shed on
--Annexation would lead to war
American soil”
with Mexico over the border
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
between Texas/U.S. and Mexico
--ended the Mexican War and outlined terms of the Mexican
Cession
--After annexation, Texas keeps
Mexican Cession
public land and debts and may
--Southwest is claimed by the US (including Texas)
divide into 4 additional states
--Rio Grande is the Border between the US and Mexico
--U.S. pays Mexico for $15 million
Compromise of 1850/Texas-New Mexico Boundary Act
--Texas received $10 million in return for giving up part of
western and northern territory (set western boundary of state
and paid off Texas’ debt)
--this agreement also made slavery compromises in the U.S.
and avoided the immediate outbreak of the Civil War.
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What happens next? What kind of connections can you make to the present? To other events in history?
history?
The FRAME Routine
Key Topic
is about…
How the U.S. achieves Manifest Destiny and how Texas borders are established.
Main Idea
Mexican War
Main Idea
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo &
Mexican Cession
Essential Details
--Caused by a border dispute.
Texas/U.S. claim the Rio
Grande as the Western and
Southern border while Mexico
claims the Nueces River as the
border.
--The war began at Brownsville
when a skirmish breaks out.
--U.S. General Winfield Scott,
General Zachary Taylor and the
Texas Rangers
--U.S. Victory results in the
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Essential Details
--ended the Mexican War and
outlined terms of the Mexican
Cession
Mexican Cession
--Southwest is claimed by the US
(including Texas)
--Rio Grande is the Border
between the US and Mexico
--U.S. pays Mexico for $15 million
--Mexicans living in the Cession
keep their land and gain U.S.
citizenship
Main Idea
Compromise of 1850
Essential Details
--Texas New Mexico Boundary
Act:
Texas receives $10 million in return
for giving up part of western and
northern territory (set western
boundary of the state and paid of
Texas’ debt.
--This agreement also made slavery
compromises in the U.S. and
avoided immediate outbreak of the
Civil War.
So What? (What’s important to understand about this?)
Slavery will continue to be a defining issue in U.S. History. The Rio Grande River is finalized as the border between
the U.S. and Mexico. Texas becomes debt free. Some Americans feel Mexico was treated harshly in the Mexican
War and by the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Extend the topic:
Strategic Instruction Model (SIM™) University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning (KUCRL.org)
Events and Issues in Early
Statehood