1. Results of the Mexican War
Ch. 16 Sect. 2

2. A Treaty to Tie Things Up
After the capture of Mexico City, officials from both sides met to discuss peace
It took place near Mexico City in the town of Guadalupe Hidalgo
On February 2, 1848 the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed to officially end the Mexican War

3. Who Gets What?? America --
Given the “Mexican Cession” (all of the land to the West), 529,000 acres altogether
Lands between the Nueces and Rio Grande, which helped set the border of TX
Mexico officially recognized TX as a state
Mexico --
$15 million for their lands to the Pacific
Mexicans living out west were granted all the rights of US citizens

4. Treaty of Hidalgo--A Total Solution! ….NOT
Slavery is going to be a big deal!
Will all of this new land be free territory or slave territory?
Border of TX had to be set
Many people living in Santa Fe rejected the idea that they belonged to TX
In comes...HENRY CLAY
He proposed the Compromise of 1850

5. Compromise of 1850
US government paid TX $10 million to get lands in New Mexico
TX voters approved to pay debts
New Mexico and Utah became territories, California became a FREE state
Slave Trade (NOT SLAVERY) ended in Washington D.C.
South got the Fugitive Slave Law
This meant that if your slave escaped they could be forcefully returned to you

6. Compromise of 1850--A Total Solution! ….NOT
Many groups of people were still treated so poorly!
Tejanos were treated with suspicion and distrusted because they looked like the enemy
African Americans had hardly any rights, especially in the slaveholding South
American Indians were removed from their land if it had any value to the U.S.
Despite all of this, the population of TX and the rest of the west grew RAPIDLY!
From 212,592 in 1850 to 604,215 in 1860
The slave population did the same thing as Americans migrated west
Many people wanted to experience Manifest Destiny and westward expansion, they also escaped crop failure and other revolutions or violence happening throughout the U.S…..(iit was a fresh start 2.0)
Compromise of A Total Solution! ….NOT
**See a recurring theme here yet?**