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Chapter 16 Section 2, Results of the Mexican War, P. 334
Key Terms
1. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: signed on February 2, 1848 in the town of Guadalupe
Hidalgo; officially ended the U.S.-Mexican War; treaty terms:
 Mexico officially recognizes Texas as a part of the U.S.
 Rio Grande becomes the official border of the U.S. and Mexico
 Mexico cedes (gives) to the U.S. about 529,000 square miles of land in exchange for $15
million
 U.S. government would pay out the $3.25 million in claims U.S. citizens had against
Mexico
2. Mexican Cession: name given to the territory that Mexico ceded to the U.S.; included all
or parts of present-day CA, NV, AZ, NM, CO, WY, UT; Mexicans in the region would be
granted full U.S. rights and citizenship if they decided to stay in the territory
3. Compromise of 1850: created by Henry Clay to resolve the border conflicts and slavery
issue in Texas and New Mexico (and other parts of the Mexican Cession); U.S.
government would pay Texas $10 million to give up its claim to the Santa Fe region
(New Mexico Terr.); established an official border between the state of Texas and the
NM Territory; also established the Utah Territory and the state of California
Main Idea Questions
1. After the U.S.-Mexican War, the land the U.S. acquired reignited an old debate about
what? slavery
2. What was the controversy about the Texas border after the war? Texans claimed that
the state included ALL land east of the Rio Grande, including Santa Fe, while the people
of that region disagreed
3. Why did the people of the Santa Fe region reject the claim that it was a part of Texas?
They were opposed to slavery and refused to be a part of a slave state like Texas
4. Why did Texas voters approve the $10 million payment from the U.S. government to
Texas? The Texas government needed to pay off its debts
5. How were Tejanos treated before and during the war? Before the war they were
treated with distrust and suspicion and their loyalty to Texas was questioned; during the
war they were often treated as outright enemies and many were forced to leave Texas
6. After the war, what guaranteed equal protection for Mexican Americans under U.S.
law? Did this end discrimination against Tejanos? The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; it
did not
7. After the war, Texas grew rapidly. From 212,592 in 1850, the population swelled to
604,215 by 1860.
8. Because southern farmers continued moving to Texas, how did the African American
population change in Texas after the war? Population nearly tripled between 1850 to
1860
9. What were two reasons Texas was a popular location for European immigrants to
settle? 1) hardships and crop failures in their home countries, 2) several European
countries had gone through violent revolutions
10. What were some of the European countries who had citizens settle in Texas? What
were the names of the new settlements they established in Texas?
Germany: New Braunfels and Fredericksburg
France: La Reunion
Poland: Panna Maria
Czechoslovakia: Praha, Fayetteville, Cat Spring