Idaho Social Studies 6-12.US1.36
The Standard
Analyze how foreign policy during the 1820s to 1860s impacted relations with sovereign powers outside the United States, for example, tariff policies and treaties with European powers and Mexico.
Idaho Content Standards: K-12 Social Studies · Geographic Expansion and Political and Social Changes 1820-1860
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how U.S. tariffs and treaties affected relations with Britain and Mexico. They connect each policy to a result for both countries, such as a settled border, a change in trade, or land lost after war.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain that the Oregon Treaty settled a border dispute with Britain without war. They can explain that the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended a war with Mexico and required Mexico to cede land. They can also describe how the 1846 tariff cut lowered U.S. duties on British goods.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think the United States took Oregon by force. They may treat Mexico's land cession as a friendly sale, rather than a term of the treaty that ended the war. They may think Britain paid U.S. tariffs directly, rather than U.S. importers paying duties on British goods.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: How did the Oregon Treaty affect relations with Britain, and how did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo affect relations with Mexico? Name one result for each country.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs treaty excerpts and outline maps; have them mark the Oregon border and Mexico's land cession, then label how each treaty arose.
Write two sentences comparing the outcome of negotiations with Britain over Oregon and the outcome of war with Mexico; cite one map detail.
Match cards labeled 1842 tariff, 1846 tariff cut, Oregon Treaty, and Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty to higher duties, lower duties, settled border, and land cession.
Set a $10 'Made in Mexico' price card beside a $2 U.S. import duty card; ask who pays and how Mexico might respond.
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