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5_06 FRIEND OR FOE, MEXICO REPORT SHEET

Step One: Study these two maps and answer the questions that follow.

 

1.  Describe events that explain the border differences between these maps. Use information from the maps in your response. Use complete sentences.

Oregon Territory 1846, Mexican Cession 1848, Gadsden Purchase 1853, Disputed Texas Territory 1848, and Lonestar Republic 1845 were the border differences between the maps. Britiain and the U.S. claimed Oregon territory but neither of them wanted war so the president around that time who was James Polk accepted the boundary at the 49th parallel. When Mexico couldn't fight no more and the U.S. and Mexico agreed to the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. When Mexico ceded more than a half-million square miles of land they called the land Mexican Cession.

 

2.  Besides land, what did the United States gain from expansion? Use information from the maps in your response. Use complete sentences. 

Because of the expansion the United States gained coal, oil, and gold.

 

Step Two: Answer the question below using the framework provided.

People disagree whether the United States should have gone to war against Mexico. Do you think the United States should have declared war? Consider information from the lesson and maps to explain your opinion with at least two reasons.

I, _Greniesha Watts____, believe the United States __Shouldn't have declared war_____________ because__25,000 Mexicans and 12,700 Americans died._____________________________________________________________________________________________. A second reason is conflict over whether to allow slavery in the new areas.______________________________________.

Step Three: Form your counterargument using the framework provided.

Reporter McQuill mentions your opinion will be stronger if you respond well to someone who disagrees with you. Use this framework to challenge the opposite opinion.

Even though some people think that it was good for the U.S. to declared war because U.S. citizens have found great wealth in the areas and Trading with Asian countries would be faster and cost less but the gain of land made conflict over whether to allow slavery in the new areas.____________________________________________________________________________.