South Texas

employee people without regards to their race, color, or national origin, studies have shown “that affirmative action helps white woman” (Nittle) more than women or men of color. In the Supreme Court case of Abigail Fisher versus the University of Texas, ironically, she is the type of person affirmative action benefits the most. But the ban of affirmative action has not always been a disadvantage for all minorities. In an article written by Glen Towns from the New York Amsterdam News, he…

1835. After the Republic of Texas became independent from Mexico, the US and Texas signed an 1828 treaty confirming the boundary from the Treaty of Limits. This led to Mexico regarding it as a violation and ultimately leading to the Mexican-American War. After the war, the Treaty of Guadalupe replaced the Treaty of Limits. In United States v. Texas (1896), the US Supreme Court decided that the Adams-Onís Treaty and the Treaty of Limits set the boundaries between Texas and the Oklahoma Territory…

Indians the U.S. gained a significant amount of territory. In 1824, Mexico offered cheap land to any American willing to move to Texas and in 6 years American residents outnumbered Mexican residents by more than double, but in 1830 barred any further American immigration. In 1845, years after Texas gained its independence it officially became a state. Just like in Texas the Mexican Government invited Americans to come and live there and soon the Americans outnumbered the Mexicans. Oregon…

slavery practices in the whole of the Mexican territory- including present-day Texas. Slaveholders in Texas rebelled against the Mexican government and won their independence in 1836 and re-legalized slavery. Mexicans continued to fight for the abolition of slavery in Texan territory, so Texas decided to request annexation to The United States; President Polk granted Texas entry into the Union despite Mexican objections to Texas’ blatant disregard…

the Borders The Mexican-American war (the war that’s been also known as the Invasion of Mexico) was an armed conflict between the two countries from 1846-1848. The majority of this war took place in Texas because the Mexicans still considered that t be apart of their land still. This led to the Texas Revolution. This revolution began when colonists in the United States rebelled against the Mexican Government. This conflict between the two countries of Mexico and America became a big deal…

affected our nation. Annexation, Greed, and Manifest Destiny One cause of the M-A war was America’s admittance of Texas into the Union. Mexico was still bitter over their loss of Texas in 1836, so much that they did not recognize it as the sovereign nation it was. This is one of the reasons caused America to refrain from admitting the nation despite Texan support. Another was that Texas was a nation that allowed slavery. Admittance would mean the sudden addition of weight in a delicate…

Lyndon was born in Texas on august 27, 1908 his family had settled prior to the Civil War. He was born in a nearby town called Johnson City. His father was a rancher and part time politician, but Lyndon did not inherit the family’s ranching talent. Which caused Lyndon to run into finical difficulty losing the family ranch at an early teenage year. Lyndon’s family was some of the earliest settlers in Texas before they all had been cattlemen, cotton farmers and soldiers for the confederacy. Lyndon…

African Americans in the military. When the Confederates attacked Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, many African Americans wanted to join the Union army. Sometime in 1862 Colonel Higginson from Massachusetts was given command of the First Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers. They were the first United States regimen made up of slaves. By the end of the Civil War, there were over 180,000 African Americans who had fought in the Union army. There were over 33,000 that lost their lives.…

The Gutierrez Magee Expedition of 1812. The Gutierrez Magee expedition, left a humongous scar on the state of Texas. Unlike previous wars and fights, the Expedition not only changed Texas, but also many other southwestern states. It also made possible for an expansion to the United States territory, in a magnificent way. This expedition includes a great number of rebels that fought for territories without their country’s say, nonetheless it brought forth the will to fight for independence.…

that if anyone was against this God-given dream, then they would have to be subordinated into following it. Westward expansion was attributed to demographic, social, economic and political pressures. This expansion was perceived as inevitable and Texas would be part of the movement. The following sections expand on the above. Economic There are several reasons…