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Mexico allowed Americans to settle in Texas.

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How did gaining this territory benefit the U.S.?

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How did gaining this territory benefit the U.S.?

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What were the costs of gaining this territory for the U.S.?

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What were the costs of gaining this territory for the U.S.?

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If they gained the territory then it would add more slave states which would add more slavery. People who opposed slavery and some Northerners were against U.S. annexation of Texas because it would add another slave state to the U.S. This poster was created by New Yorkers who were against the Texas Annexation Treaty.

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How did U.S. acquisition of this territory impact the people who already lived there?

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How did U.S. acquisition of this territory impact the people who already lived there?

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How did the original inhabitants resist American expansion?

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How did the original inhabitants resist American expansion?

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The Texas Rangers and the U.S. Army eventually forced him to retreat into Mexico. But he continued to conduct raids across the Mexican-Texas border until Mexico, under intense U.S. pressure, imprisoned him in 1876.
The raids continued and were not stopping at all. The retreats were forced to the border and the Mexicans couldn't do much against that.

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Was the U.S. justified in acquiring the territory? Why or why not?

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Was the U.S. justified in acquiring the territory? Why or why not?

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It was not OK because they took land without the people knowing and kicked them out of their property. The people did not get a chance to pack up there property