1. Type 2
How did Texas become a state?

2. What Caused the Mexican-American War?

3. Mexican War Causation
Read the sections “Misunderstandings with Mexico” and “American Blood on American (?) Soil”.
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How many different causes can you identify?
What do you think was the primary cause of the Mexican War?
What evidence can you find in the chapter to justify your answer?

4. What were the Effects of the Mexican - American War?

5. “Mexico will poison us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson “Mexico is to us the forbidden fruit…the penalty of eating it would be to subject our institutions to death.” – John C. Calhoun What developments after the war could be used to support these quotes? Why do the authors of the textbook claim that, “in a broad sense, the opening shots of the Mexican War were the opening shots of the Civil War?”