7th-Ch 12. 3 & 4

Which state was not part of the New Mexico Territory?

• Arizona

• Idaho

• Nevada

• Utah

Who was the first American trader to reach Santa Fe?

• Sam Houston

• Stephen Austin

• Marcus Whitman

• William Becknell

Who did Mexico gain their independence from?

• Russia

• Great Britain

• Spain

• Canada

Which president was determined to get California and New Mexico so he plotted to pull them in through war.

• James K. Polk

• Zachary Taylor

• John Tyler

• William Henry Harrison

The United States insisted that the _______ was the border and Mexico claimed the ​ ​ Nueces River was the border.

• Nueces River

• Mississippi River

• Missouri River

• Rio Grande

President Polk had a three part plan for the war with Mexico. Which of the following was NOT part of his plan?

• American troops would drive forces out of the disputed area and secure the border.

• The US would seize New Mexico & California.

• The US troops would invade Texas and hold the prisoners for ransom.

• American forces would take Mexico City, the capital of Mexico.

In 1853, the United States paid Mexico $___ million for the Gadsden Purchase-a strip of land along the southern edge of Arizona and New Mexico.

• 10

• 12

• 15

• 25

Americans made up __% of the forty-niners, others came from Mexico, South America, Europe, and Australia.

• 62

• 95

• 50

• 80

The Southern states objected to making _______ a state because it would upset the balance between free and slave states.

• New Mexico

• Utah

• Texas

• California

__________ founded the church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints in New York

• Brigham Young

• Joseph Smith

• Zachary Taylor

• Jedediah Smith