1. Early Statehood & The Mexican-American War
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Early Statehood & The Mexican-American War

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1. Based on the excerpt above, the Democratic Party considered “great American measures” to be the expansion of American territory by acquiring _________________ and ________________.
Oregon
Texas

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2. According to this diagram, these two current American states were both formerly part of the country of ________________.
Mexico

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3. The Early Statehood Era of Texas consisted of three main historical events. List each in the blanks below.
Mexican War
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Compromise of 1850

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4. In the year _________, Texas was annexed by the United States?
1845

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5. The vast majority of these people [African American Texans] were __________________.
enslaved

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6. On February 2, 1848, representatives of both governments signed a peace treaty at the town of ______________________________ _________________________. Mexico gave up all claims to Texas and accepted the __________ __________________ as the boundary between the United States and Mexico.
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Rio Grande

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7. Many immigrants came to Texas to escape conflicts and problems in their home countries. For example, in a terrible famine occurred in __________________ when a fungus destroyed _______________ crops, the main food of the Irish people. Many Irish left their homes for Texas.
Ireland
potato

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8. According to this excerpt above, support for the idea of Manifest Destiny would lead many Americans to favor the annexation of _________________ in 1845.
Texas

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9. What kind of reading source is this letter above? How do you know?
Primary source
Because it’s a letter written by Captain Lee himself (in the first person)

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10. Based on the letter above, circle the best representation of how Robert E. Lee feels about the Mexican War?
He questions the war.

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11. How did the cartoonist view the effects of the U.S.- Mexican War on Mexico?
Mexico was humiliated.

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12. Which political party strongly believed in nativism, or the belief in favoring the interests of native-born American citizens?
Know-Nothings

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13. Write the Cause and Effect that best completes the graphic organizer from left to right.
CAUSE – Disputed Border between Texas/US and Mexico
EFFECT – Rio Grande Becomes Official Border

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Westward advancement of the United States

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15. The territory gained in the war raised new political issues in Texas and in the United States. Southerners wanted the newly gained territories open to ____________________. Many Northerners objected to that idea.
slavery

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16. Read the excerpt above. What is Lincoln asking the president to provide to members of Congress?
He wants the president to show Congress the spot where blood was shed and explain whether it was really Mexican territory or not

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17. Analyze the graph above. Which answer best explains how the forced immigration of African Americans from other American states impacted Texas from 1849 to 1859?
It created a modest economy that produced goods gradually.
It created a very productive economy dependent on slave labor.
It created an economy that could gradually wean itself from slave labor.
It created an economy that was moving away from agricultural products.
ANSWER “B”

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18. Which area on the map above was acquired by the United States as a result of the Mexican War?
Area 7

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19. Which area on the map above was purchased from France in 1803?
Area 3

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20. The annexation of which area on the map above caused a war with Mexico?
Area 5

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21. According to the passage, what do the Boston, Hartford, Cincinnati and Liberator newspapers oppose?
The annexation of Texas into the United States.

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22. Mexico also surrendered to the United States all territory between western Texas and the Pacific Ocean. This area was called the __________________ _____________________.
Mexican Cession

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23. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the _______________ ________________ was adopted on September 9, Through the Pearce Plan, Texas agreed to give up its claims to _______ ____________ in exchange for $10 million. New borders were established for Texas by the Pearce Plan.
Pearce Plan
New Mexico

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24. The United States paid $10 million for the area (a small section of Mexican land along the southern border of New Mexico and Arizona) that became known as the ______________ ________________. The U.S. planned to use the land for a transcontinental ____________________ to the Pacific..
Gadsden Purchase
railroad