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11.03B.B.1 - Texas Annexation

11.03B.C - Expansion & Growing Sectionalism: 1 - Texas Annexation

Inquiry Question
What were the arguments concerning the annexation of Texas?

Learning Objective
Students will use primary source documents to evaluate different arguments for/against the annexation of Texas and draw their own conclusions on the United State’s actions.

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texas annexation, slavery, manifest destiny, mexican-american war

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New York State Grades 9-12 Social Studies Framework ( 11.3, 11.3b, 11.3b4 )

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New York State Grades 9-12 Social Studies Framework:

11.3

KEY IDEA: EXPANSION, NATIONALISM, AND SECTIONALISM (1800 – 1865): As the nation expanded, growing sectional tensions, especially over slavery, resulted in political and constitutional crises that culminated in the Civil War.

11.3b

CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING: Different perspectives concerning constitutional, political, economic, and social issues contributed to the growth of sectionalism.

11.3b4

CONTENT SPECIFICATION: Students will examine the issues surrounding the expansion of slavery into new territories, by exploring the Missouri Compromise, Manifest Destiny, Texas and the Mexican-American war, the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott decision, and John Brown’s raid.

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