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Grade 3 SS Ch 8
Pages 201-211
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did Polk want California? | He wanted more land to make the US stronger. He also wanted their port cities in California. |
| What river flows through Texas and Mexico? | Rio Grande |
| Polk sent troops to California and Mexico. This was called the __________________ War | MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR-Polk sent the Us Army to capture the city of Santa Fe and to California and Texas. |
| What did some Americans dislike about how Polk started the Mexican American Way? | Some said that the way Polk had started the war was against the law. Many people thought the was was unjust. |
| Who led the Mexicans in defending their capital against the American forces? | Santa Anna still ruled a part of Mexico. He moved his large army north to meet the US troops. |
| An American soldier, ___________________, came up with a plan to capture Mexico City. | Robert E. Lee |
| What caused California's population growth in 1949? | The California Gold Rush |
| Who did Polk send to make a treaty with Mexico? | Nicholas Trist |
| General Zachary Taylor led the troops in Mexico and won many battles. He became the next _____________ of the US. | President of the US in 1848 |
| What were the people called who rushed to California in search of gold? | forty-niners |
| A ______________ is a person who gets natural resource from the earth. | miner |
| Why did some slave owners not take their slaves to California? | They feared that slaves would run away to mine for gold. Miners without slaves thought it was unfair for someone to use slaves to search for gold. |
| California became a _______ in 1850. | State |
| How did merchants gain money from the California gold rush? | The forty-niners needed supplies. The merchants sold the miners food, clothes, shelter, and tools. Since the supply of goods was low, the prices of the goods became high. |
| A ___________________ is a smaller map or globe that show where the area is loated in the world. | Locator map |
| Name two advantages the Americans had in the Mexican American War. | The Americans had better guns and cannons. The Americans had better leaders. |
| What advantage did the Mexican have in the Mexican American War? | They had more soldiers |
| Be able to locate California, 49th parallel, Rio Grande River, Mexico on the map. | page 200, 201, 206 |
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Bonnie Daniel
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