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1. JUMPSTART Answer the following in your notebook: How do you think the Constitution of 1845 was different than the Republic Constitution of 1836? Why would Mexico be unwilling to give up its claim to Texas? Under which Republic president did Texas’s western border become an issue? Why?

2. Extra Credit Opportunity We missed the 100th day of school by a few days, but here’s an extra credit assignment to replace a low daily grade. Use your interactive notebook to create a list of 100 things you’ve learned about Texas. DUE MONDAY!

3. Era Collage On your board, create the grid below and each section.

4. Era continued Compare grids with your partner and then group. Compile your answers onto one board to share w/the class.

5. Texas Becomes #28 Review pages 264 – 267 w/your partner. Complete the 1845 timeline foldable. Pull out other key info. (people, terms, places) and add to your notebook.

6. Exit Tickets – Use ONE post-it! Pre-AP - Joining the U.S. meant TX would now have access to a postal service. Which of the political leaders from today's reading would you recommend to be depicted on a postage stamp? Explain your reasoning.

7. Exit Tickets – Use ONE post-it! The important thing about 1845 is that ______________________________________. Supporting Detail #1: _______________________________________ Supporting Detail #2: _______________________________________ Supporting Detail #3: _______________________________________ But the most important thing is

8. JUMPSTART In your journal, review pgs. 264-267 to complete the diagram below. Then finish your timeline.

9. Provisions of Constitution of 1845 Protected homesteads from being taken for debts Clergymen could not serve in legislature Slavery would continue in Texas Women could own land Outlined 3 branches of government Created office of governor and lieutenant governor Created bicameral legislature (H.o.R and Senate) Set up the court system

10. Timeline Review July – Delegates meet at the Constitutional Convention. August – Convention ends w/a new constitution. Sept. – News of the new document and election travel through TX. Oct. – TX voters approve the new constitution. Nov. – Anson Jones formally accepts the new constitution. Dec. – 1st state election results in the 1st TX governor James P. Henderson GLUE IN YOUR NOTEBOOK!!!

11. JUMPSTART – In your notebook! “At last we have a real ‘sure enough’ war on hand; something to…draw out the national enthusiasm…There is at last—our pulses beat quickly with the thought—an opportunity to pay off a little of the debt of vengeance which has been accumulating since the massacre of the Alamo.”-Charles DeMorse How does Mr. DeMorse feel about going to war w/Mexico? Do you think his opinion was shared by others? Why or why not? MAKE SURE YOUR PROJECT IS READY!!!

12. Manifest Destiny

13. Mind Map - Timeline Review pgs. 270-275 and fill in your timeline w/your shoulder partner. We’ll review together. Texas Rangers clips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot_56RjNhvg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcCZvqcA6ho

14. JUMPSTART – In your notebook! Use your timeline from the Mexican War to identify the 5w’s (who, what, when, where, why). Write a 3-5 sentence summary of the events that took place .

15. Preview Stephen A. Douglas took charge of the compromise legislation that became known as the Compromise of 1850. As part of the Compromise, Washington, D.C. was admitted as a state and Utah and New Mexico became territories. When President Zachary Taylor died, James A. Pearce became president. The Texas state government was determined to gain control of Oklahoma.

16. Preview cont. 5. Governor George Wood was determined to secure Texas’s western border at the Rio Grande. 6. An abolitionist was a person who wanted to end slavery. 7. Senator Millard Fillmore of Kentucky proposed the main points of the Compromise of 1850. 8. The Fugitive Slave Law required American citizens to help police capture enslaved people who had run from their owners.

17. Texas – New Mexico Border Dispute Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo established the Rio Grande as TX’s southern border, but what about the west?

18. Texas Efforts to Gain Control of NM

19. Zachary Taylor Becomes President

21. Pres. Taylor vs. Congress Taylor wants CA admitted right away due to problems there after the Gold Rush of 1848. Congress wants to wait until issue of slavery territories is settled. Southern members of Congress want a FEDERAL law for help w/runway slaves which would become the Fugitive Slave Law.

22. Henry Clay – The “Great Compromiser” Sen. Henry Clay from Kentucky offered a compromise.

23. Debate Continues Taylor wants CA admitted before he will discuss the compromise from Clay. Clay’s supporters say nothing will be accomplished if CA is admitted first. VP Millard Fillmore becomes President in 1850 and Stephen Douglas takes over for Clay. Congress passes the Compromise of 1850. Sen. James Pearce offers up legislation for the TX/NM Act which created present day borders.

24. Political Cartoon: War w/ Mexico or Western TX Border dispute CARICATURE — distorting a person‘s features, but still keeping that person recognizable. Cartoonists draw George W. Bush with a long nose, close set eyes, and curly hair, frequently showing him wearing a cowboy hat. STEREOTYPING – showing all persons of one group (religious, racial, national, occupational, etc.) as looking or acting the same. Teachers are often shown in cartoons wearing glasses down on the nose with their hair in a bun, held by a pencil. SYMBOLS – using a sign or object to stand for something else. Uncle Sam, an eagle, or the Stars and Stripes stand for the United States. The political parties are represented by a Democratic Donkey and a Republican Elephant. A bear depicts Russia, and the lion is used to signify Great Britain. SATIRE – pointing out something wrong and ridiculing it. Almost every cartoon is a satire. LABELS – using written words to identify figures in a cartoon. EXAGGERATION – overemphasizing a situation or portraying it as “bigger than life.‖ A cartoonist might show a problem as a bottomless pit.