Chapter 5 Trappers & Trailblazers Flashcards
(109 cards)
What was the capital of Mexican California?
Monterey
What barrier did settlers coming into California have to cross?
hot deserts and steep mountains of the Sierra Nevada
Why is the Dominguez Rancho important?
Because the Californios won a fight, with Gillespie and Stockton and their soldiers
Where was the Bear Flag revolt? Why was it so short?
Sonoma, it was so short because America and Mexico were at war bringing an end to the Republic
Why did the fur trappers open new routes to California?
Because they were looking for pelted animals because they were rare to trap and sell
How did most settlers travel to California?
By ship, around the tip of South America
What was Jedidiah Strong Smith noted for doing?
Crossed the Sierra Nevada and led the first group over land across the Mojave Desert
Explain the term manifest destiny.
The idea that the United States should reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, from sea to shining sea
What was the result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
The United States paid 15 million dollars to Mexico in exchange for California and some other US states,
ending the Mexican American War, Californios became US citizens
Make a list of challenges the settlers traveling to California had to overcome.
long difficult trip, terrain with mountains and deserts, weather with cold winters in the mountains, hunger, thirst, poor maps and untested trails, and Mexicans want them out.
In 1826, I led 17 men on a trapping expedition. Our expedition left from the Great Salt Lake area. We headed southwest and eventually reached the Colorado River. Then we made our way across the Mojave Desert. I am _____
Jedediah Strong Smith
My father and I began an expedition in 1827. We were not welcome in California. We were put in jail. I was later freed, but my father died in jail. I am ____
James Ohio Pattie
My travels in the 1830s helped develop the old Spanish Trail. It ran from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Southern California. I am _____
Ewing Young
I was the first American to cross the Sierra Nevada from the east. I found a pass through the mountains. The pass was later named after me. I am ____
Joseph Reddeford Walker
In 1850, I found a new pass through the northern Sierra Nevada. The pass was later named after me. I am _____
James Beckworth
T/F Settlers in California could own land only if they were American citizens
false
T/F: The idea that the United States should expand to reach from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean was known as the Polk Doctrine.
false
T/F: in 1845, President James K Polk offered Mexico 40 million dollars for what are now California, New Mexico, and Arizona.
True
T/F: The Mexican government was able to stop settlers from moving to California.
false
T/F: In 1846, a group of settlers from the United States marched into the town of San Francisco to take control of California away from Mexico.
false
T/F: Squatters had the same rights and protections as American citizens.
false
T/F: In a Republic, the people elect their own leaders.
True
T/F: Mariano Vallejo thought that California would be better off separated from Mexico.
True
T/F: A rebel is someone who fights against the government.
True
