California and Texas both wanted to become states. The existing states, however, could not agree on the issue of slavery. A bala
nce was struck. California was admitted as a free state. Texas remained as a slave state. However, parts of Texas became new territories where people could decide the slavery issue for themselves. This was known as the ______________
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the Mexican-American War in favor of the United States. The war had begun almost two years earlier, in May 1846, over a territorial dispute involving Texas. The treaty added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory, including the land that makes up all or parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Mexico also gave up all claims to Texas and recognized the Rio Grande as America’s southern boundary.
Juan still lives with his parents, Marta and Jose and with two of his sisters in Phoenix, Arizona. Juan is a second generation Latino while his parents will be first generation thus still retaining the latino cultures. Strong family ties also stem up when families from different generation level live together
