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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Preserves Mexicans' Rights in the Southwest
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War in 1848, ceded 525,000 square miles--55% of--Mexican territory to the United States. In exchange, the United States paid approximately $15 million in damages to pay for [...]
White Leaders Predict the Disappearance of Mexicans and Native Americans in California
With the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, the United States gained over half a million square miles of new lands in the Southwest. However, American settlers who traveled west to settle the land were not moving into unoccupied territory. [...]
A Spanish-Language Newspaper Calls for an End of "Disagreeable Migration" to the U.S.
Lands and mines cannot produce wealth without labor. Anglo-American mine owners, plantation managers and ranchers recruited Mexican and Mexican-American workers as a cheap source of labor. The western economy depended on the constant northward flow [...]
Philippine-American War Cartoon Graphics
These images were collected from political cartoons, photographs, and other images created during and about the conflict between the United States and the Philippines. They help students complete the activity "Creating a Cartoon of the [...]
Historical Understandings for Cartooning the Philippine-American War
These historical understandings were developed to help students understand the Philippine-American War. They are used to complete the activity "Create a Cartoon of the Philippine-American War."
An Apprentice's Indenture Contract (with text supports)
Many English settlers arrived in the colonies as indentured servants. Because poor men and women could not afford the cost of travel to North America, they bound themselves for four to seven years’ labor in return for passage across the [...]
Analysis Worksheet: "An Apprentice's Indenture Contract"
Use this worksheet as a scaffold to help students analyze a colonial-era "An Apprentice's Indenture Contract."
Analysis of "Showing the Light to the Filipinos"
This short activity helps students analyze a political cartoon about U.S. imperialism in the Philippines. To complete the activity, the teacher will need either a map or a globe to show students the relative distance between the United States and [...]
Analysis Worksheet: "Showing the Light to the Filipinos"
This worksheet helps students analyze the political cartoon "Showing the Light to the Filipinos."
Understanding the Preamble Assessment
This assessment gauges whether students have understood key ideas about and in the Preamble to the United States Constitution. It is part of the activity "The Evolution of the Preamble."