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Too Much of a Good Thing?

Too Much of a Good Thing?. The Impact of the US-Mexican War. The “Mexican Cession”. According to the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, Mexico was to give the United States all the land west of Texas, North of the Rio Grande and to the Pacific Ocean.

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Too Much of a Good Thing?

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  1. Too Much of a Good Thing? The Impact of the US-Mexican War

  2. The “Mexican Cession” According to the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, Mexico was to give the United States all the land west of Texas, North of the Rio Grande and to the Pacific Ocean. Mexico would receive “the sum of 15 million dollars” and be forgiven all debts owed to the United States (approx. 3 million). In 1853, James Gadsden, negotiated the purchase of the last major territorial acquisition from Mexico. Southerners hoped that this land would be used to a transcontinental railroad from New Orleans For the United States, is this land a blessing or a curse?

  3. The Wilmot Proviso • The first Wilmot Proviso was created in 1846 by Representative David Wilmot of PA. • A Proviso is a “condition added to a law or agreement.” • The Wilmot Provisosaid that none of the territory acquired in a war with Mexico should be open to slavery. • The Proviso was passed by the House of Representatives in 1846, 1847 and 1848, but failed to get passed the Senate. • Southern States feared that the lost of the Senate would mean the end of slavery.

  4. The California Gold Rush: 1848-1855 • Gold was found on Jan. 24, 1848 near a lumber mill on the American River in Northern California. • News traveled slowly in 1848: • --- Rumors were finally published in a March San Francisco newspaper article • --- NY newspapers did not cover it until August • --- Polk confirmed the discovery of gold to Congress in Dec. 1848. • The “49ers”: • --- The year which saw the first “rush” into the territory. • --- Approximately 90,000 individuals arrived in California in 1849 (only 50,000 were Americans). • --- Most of these people settled in the Northern sections of the territory. • California statehood? • --- By late 1849, California claimed enough population to adopt a state constitution, elect a governor and legislature and apply for admission to the United States. • --- California’s constitution forbade slavery • --- Why is this a problem?

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