Texas, 1845 by Maddox Tulacro https://padlet.com/473839/mqc19e4utxus Empire for Liberty en-us 2020-02-03 17:29:01 UTC 2024-11-20 13:01:52 UTC hello@padlet.com How did the US gain this territory? 473839 https://padlet.com/473839/mqc19e4utxus/wish/439793911 Mexico allowed U.S. settlers into Texas, but when it closed the border, Texas declared its Independence. When Congress approved its statehood in 845, Mexico cut off relations with the U.S.]]> 2020-02-03 17:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/473839/mqc19e4utxus/wish/439793911 How did gaining this territory benefit the U.S. 473839 https://padlet.com/473839/mqc19e4utxus/wish/440409061 Gaining the Texas territory benefited the United States because it allowed the country to have access to markets it never was able to gain access to before, and it also helped increase security and allowed the country to have more land. ]]> 2020-02-04 16:53:57 UTC https://padlet.com/473839/mqc19e4utxus/wish/440409061 How did U.S. acquisition of this territory impact those who already lived there? 465982 https://padlet.com/473839/mqc19e4utxus/wish/440409841 The Kickapoo were forced out of their Homeland and forced into Mexico and then into Oklahoma. Like native groups in other parts of the country, when the United States wanted to gain the land the nation lived on, they were forced to go somewhere else. ]]> 2020-02-04 16:54:51 UTC https://padlet.com/473839/mqc19e4utxus/wish/440409841 What were the costs of gaining this territory, for the U.S.? https://padlet.com/473839/mqc19e4utxus/wish/440410842 The United States had to go to warm war with Mexico in order to acquire Texas, and they also had to get the territory ratified. New York was against the ratification, but they were overturned and Texas became a part of the United States. ]]> 2020-02-04 16:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/473839/mqc19e4utxus/wish/440410842 How did the original inhabitants resist American expansion? 471011 https://padlet.com/473839/mqc19e4utxus/wish/440413476 U.S. took property, arrested people, murdered people and hunted wild animals. Mexico was very unhappy and went to war with the U.S.]]> 2020-02-04 16:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/473839/mqc19e4utxus/wish/440413476 Was the U.S. justified in acquiring the territory? Why or why not? 473839 https://padlet.com/473839/mqc19e4utxus/wish/440426517 No, because the US kicked people out who had families and their life set up in Texas, to gain more land. The way that the U.S. people handled the situation was not justified which means we should never of gained the Texas land.]]> 2020-02-04 17:14:26 UTC https://padlet.com/473839/mqc19e4utxus/wish/440426517