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Title: The Lone Star state (early statehood)


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By Erika Liebel Saul Martinez
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  1. Annexation, US-Mexican War, Immigration
  2. Timeline
  3. 1845 Annexation
  4. 1846-1848 US-Mexican War
  5. 1861 Texas Secedes from Union Civil War Begins

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  1. Mexico took annexation of Texas by the US as an
    insult.
  2. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Dispute of new
    border Rio Grande vs. Nueces Rivers Mexico
    shed American blood on American soil.
  3. US wanted Pacific ports Manifest Destiny

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  1. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexican Cession
    Added California, Utah, Nevada, parts of Arizona,
    Colorado, New Mexico Wyoming. Population
    increased by 100,000.
  2. Population Growth
  3. Republic of Texas encouraged immigration through
    land grants similar to the Empresario system used
    by the Mexican government.

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3) Compromise of 1850 September 9, 1850
Texas gave up its plan to claim part of New
Mexico.
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  1. Birthrate
  2. Political and territorial changes (Spain, Mexico,
    Republic, US)
  3. Nationality ethnic shifts

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  1. Cities became centers of minority growth
  2. Change from rural to urban

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POLITICAL REGIONS
CULTURAL REGIONS
  1. Borders and Boundaries ie Texas, New Mexico
    territory, frontier region, Mexico.
  1. Mexican American Rio Grande Nueces Rivers,
    San Antonio, Goliad El Paso.
  2. Hill Country Northern European immigrants
  3. North Eastern African American
  4. Europeans, Lebanese Jewish

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  1. Swedish Settlement
  2. Polish Settlement
  3. German Settlement
  4. Czech Settlement
  5. African American Settlement
  6. Hispanic Settlement
  7. Jewish Settlement
  8. 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)

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  • 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.
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