By: Erika Liebel & Saul Martinez

1) Annexation, US-Mexican War, Immigration

2) Timeline:1) 1845 – Annexation2) 1846-1848 – US-Mexican War3) 1861 – Texas Secedes from Union – Civil

War Begins

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

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:1) 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.

1) Birthrate2) Political and territorial changes (Spain,

Mexico, Republic, US)3) Nationality & ethnic shifts

1) Cities became centers of minority growth

2) Change from rural to urban

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

1) Swedish Settlement2) Polish Settlement3) German Settlement4) Czech Settlement5) African American Settlement6) Hispanic Settlement7) Jewish Settlement8) Lebanese and Syrian Settlement

1)Push-Pull Factors - Drought, oppression, potato blight, fertile land, climate, employment opportunities

2)Proximity to Mexico – Brought in Mexican immigrants

3)European & Southern US Immigrants – Cultural diffusion (music, arts, languages, literature , traditions, industrial and agricultural skills)

1)Geographic Influences on Settlement – Rivers, fertile land, climate

2)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.

1) The previous picture is titled “Manifest Destiny”

2) Analyze the picture and explain why the artist selected that name for the picture.