War with Mexico Ch. 11.3

What territory did the United States gain in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• New York, Virginia, and Kentucky

• California, Nevada, and Utah

• Oregon, Washington, and Nevada

• Texas and Oklahoma

What action did President Polk take to get Mexico to strike first?

• Sent a bomb into Texas territory.

• Sent U.S. forces into Wyoming.

• Sent U.S. forces into disputed area of the Rio Grande.

• Drained all the water from the Rio Grande.

In the 1840s, more Americans came to ______. They were attracted by the mild _______ and rich natural ________.

• California/

  resources/climate

• climate/California/resources

• California/climate/resources

• Arizona/climate/

  diamonds

Native Americans worked on the ranchos.

• True

• False

Explorers and missionaries built a chains of missions in California to convert Native Americans to ________.

• Judism

• Islam

• Christianity

• Hindu

When Mexico won its independence from Spain, California became a Texas state.

• False

• True

The Santa Fe Trail was the main route between Missouri and New Mexico.

• True

• False

When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821, it tried to keep American traders out of New Mexico.

• True

• False

James Polk was the first American trader to use the Santa Fe Trail.

• True

• False

Many Americans thought New Mexico was part of their Manifest Destiny.

• True

• False