How do the stories of enslaved people who escaped to Mexico help us to understand the limitations of policies and the formation of the early border?

The stories of the enslaved people who escaped to Mexico help us to understand the limitations of the policies and the formations of the early borders by showing us that the boarders did not make life easy for some people. The enslaved people who did escape to Mexico did fear the boarders but at the same time they wanted to escape so they took the risk to escape. The limitations that the enslaved people had was almost endless. There were many different limitations that the enslaved people had to face. While they fled to Mexico because of the abolishment of slavery they still had many limitations, African American children could not go to public schools. They were not able to travel freely or go where they wanted to go whenever they wanted.

In what ways is the history of the U.S. Civil War also the history of the border?

Ways that history of the Civil War is also history of the boarder is because there was a huge part of slavery that caused some of the CivilWar. The Us had a lot of trouble throughout the country. Mexico was worried that the US was going to invade them which would mean that they would be crossing the boarder. All of the enslaved people were felling to Mexico for their freedom.

In what specific ways did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo form the border?

The Treaty if Guadalupe Hidalgo formed the border because the treaty drew a boundary between Mexico and the US. There was also a huge payment to the US to receive land from Mexico.

How do a variety of perspectives on the war help us to understand its impact on the peace brokered in 1848?

A variety of perspectives on the war help us to understand its impact on the peace brokered in 1848 because once the war was won the US gained some of the Mexican territories. Slavery was also impacted on both sides. Mexico thought that if the US kept invading then then they would try and make Mexico apart of the US.

What were the implications of the new international boundary for the people who lived in its proximity?

The implications of the new international boundary for the people who lived in proximity was based on a few different things. Race, Religion and personal opinions. Slavey who went to Mexico got away from the US and their type of slavery where in Mexico they were sill enslaved but they had a little piece of freedom.