By: Erika Liebel & Saul Martinez
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Annexation, US-Mexican War, Immigration
Timeline:
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1845 – Annexation
1846-1848 – US-Mexican War
1861 – Texas Secedes from Union – Civil War
Begins
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Mexico took annexation of Texas by the US as
an insult.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo – Dispute of new
border – Rio Grande vs. Nueces Rivers
“Mexico … shed American blood on American
soil”.
US wanted Pacific ports – Manifest Destiny
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo – “Mexican
Cession” – Added California, Utah, Nevada,
parts of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico &
Wyoming. Population increased by 100,000.
Population Growth:
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Republic of Texas encouraged immigration through
land grants similar to the Empresario system used
by the Mexican government.
3) Compromise of 1850 – September 9, 1850 –
Texas gave up its plan to claim part of New
Mexico.
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Birthrate
Political and territorial changes (Spain,
Mexico, Republic, US)
Nationality & ethnic shifts
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Cities became centers of minority growth
Change from rural to urban
POLITICAL REGIONS
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Borders and Boundaries –
ie: Texas, New Mexico
territory, frontier region,
Mexico.
CULTURAL REGIONS
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Mexican American – Rio
Grande & Nueces Rivers,
San Antonio, Goliad & El
Paso.
Hill Country – Northern
European immigrants
North & Eastern – African
American
Europeans, Lebanese &
Jewish
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Swedish Settlement
Polish Settlement
German Settlement
Czech Settlement
African American Settlement
Hispanic Settlement
Jewish Settlement
Lebanese and Syrian Settlement
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Push-Pull Factors - Drought, oppression,
potato blight, fertile land, climate, employment
opportunities
Proximity to Mexico – Brought in Mexican
immigrants
European & Southern US Immigrants –
Cultural diffusion (music, arts, languages,
literature , traditions, industrial and agricultural
skills)
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Geographic Influences on Settlement –
Rivers, fertile land, climate
Cities – New Braunfels, Fredericksburg
(German), Panna Maria (Polish), San Patricio
and Edinburg (Irish), Praha (Czech)
Diversity caused Texans
to adapt aspects of all
cultures into a diverse
Texan culture.
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The previous picture is
titled “Manifest
Destiny”
Analyze the picture and
explain why the artist
selected that name for
the picture.