What do we think about the Mexican American War? Why DID go to war with Mexico? WHY do we want Texas?

What do we think about the Mexican American War? Why did we go to war with Mexico? What does it mean that the U.S. General took the same route as Hernan Cortes 200 years earlier

Using 5 complete sentences, discuss the similarities between Mexican American, African American, and women’s struggle for rights.

Perspectives: 

• An enslaved person

• a freedman in Boston

• a Northern abolitionist

• a slave owner in Georgia

Requirements:

• 5-6 Sentences 

• Reference to 2 of the 5 main points

Five Main Points of the Compromise of 1850

• Permitted slavery in Washington, D.C., but outlawed the slave trade

• Added California to the Union as a “free state”

• Established Utah and New Mexico as territories that could decide via popular sovereignty if they would permit slavery

• Defined new boundaries for the state of Texas following the Mexican-American War, removing its claims to parts of New Mexico but awarding the state $10 million in compensation

• The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required citizens to assist in apprehending runaway slaves and denied enslaved people a right to trial by jury.

Has to be done on a google doc and needs to done before Friday the 16th.