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8th Grade Texas, Mexico and the Southwest Worksheets

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Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

The Southwest passed from Spain to Mexico to the United States between 1821 and 1848. There are 4 sheets for 8th grade here, each with an answer key. New Mexico Under Spain, Mexico and the United States tracks change and continuity, Causes and Results of the U.S. War With Mexico charts the war, Campaign Map of the U.S. War With Mexico follows three armies, and Juan Seguin's 1858 Memoir in Context reads a Tejano leader's words.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Texas claimed the Rio Grande as its border, but Mexico said the line was the Nueces River, farther north. Fighting in the land between the rivers in 1846 led to war.

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