War with Mexico pt.1

The idea that the United States must expand West

• The War of 1812

• Manifest Destiny

• The Gold Rush

• Impressment

This country colonized California in the 1700s

• The United States

• Mexico

• France

• Spain

In 1833 the Mexican government passed a law abolishing...

• Ranches

• French Forts

• Spanish Missions

• American explorers

What did the United States like about California

• Good weather

• Large trading areas

• Large coastline for ports.

• All of the above

This President tried to buy California and New Mexico twice

• Andrew Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

• James K. Polk

• John Quincy Adams

The U.S. claimed that the boarder of Texas was at the

• Mississippi River

• Rio Grande River

• Nueces River

• Los Angeles River

These two individuals were against the War with Mexico

• Abraham Lincoln

• James K. Polk

• John C. Fremont

• Frederick Douglas

What was the name of the independent republic in California (1846)?

• California Republic

• Los Angeles Republic

• Bear Flag Republic

• Independent Republic of the Bear

Who was the Naval Commodore, that took over areas along California's Coast?

• John C. Fremont

• James K. Polk

• Kit Carson

• John Sloat

In this treaty, Mexico ceded California and New Mexico to the U.S.

• Treaty of California

• Treaty of New Mexico

• Treaty of the Rio Grande

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo