Deck 7: The American Conquest

Question 1

Fremont's arrest and imprisonment of Vallejo

A)led Vallejo's daughter to view Americans with "hatred."
B)prompted Jose Maria Amador to foresee "Yankee domination."
C)deeply embittered the Californios.
D)all of the above

Answer 1

all of the above

Question 2

The Jones Incident of 1842 demonstrated

A)Jackson's determination to take California by force.
B)American suspicions of British designs on California.
C)the Californios were ready to break away from Mexico.
D)all of the above

Answer 2

American suspicions of British designs on California.

Question 3

Organized resistance to American occupation of California ended with the

A)Capitulation of Cahuenga.
B)Bear Flag Revolt.
C)signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
D)Battle of San Pascual.

Answer 3

Capitulation of Cahuenga.

Question 4

Following the invasion of California by American military forces,José Castro exhorted his countrymen to demonstrate

A)"random acts of kindness."
B)"eternal hatred toward your invaders."
C)"immediate submission to your conquerors."
D)"valorous retreat."

Question 5

The Jones Incident led directly to an American take-over of California.

Question 6

The Polk-Larkin plan was nullified by the Bear Flag Revolt.

Question 7

During the early 1840s the French showed a strong interest in acquiring California.

Question 8

In 1837 President Jackson offered to purchase part of California mainly because of his interest in acquiring San Francisco Bay.

Question 9

President Polk demonstrated a strong interest in California during the mid-1840s.

Question 10

During the Mexican War,the Californios

A)were well-supplied by Mexico.
B)refused to defend California.
C)inflicted heavy casualties on U.S.forces at San Pascual.
D)won an impressive victory at Cahuenga Pass.

Question 11

The Bear Flag Revolt started when

A)Sloat landed at Monterey.
B)Fremont seized Hawk's Peak.
C)the U.S.Congress declared war on Mexico.
D)thirty armed American settlers descended on Sonoma.

Question 12

American naval occupation of California during the Mexican War was initiated by Commodore

A)Sloat.
B)Perry.
C)Stockton.
D)Jones.

Question 13

During the early 1840s,which of the following showed an interest in acquiring California?

A)Great Britain
B)the United States
C)France
D)all of the above

Question 14

According to historian Manuel Gonzales,the main reason for the war between Mexico and the United States was the

A)attempt by Mexico to send thousands of settlers into
B)California and Texas.
C)American desire for the gold deposits in California.
D)American craving for land.
E)all of the above

Question 15

Customs administrator Antonio Maria Osio regarded the raising of the American flag in Monterey in 1842 as

A)the beginning of California's "glorious liberation."
B)an attempt by foreigners to avoid paying customs duties.
C)a "painful ceremony" carried out by "an oppressor."
D)the logical conclusion to the Bear Flag Revolt.

Question 16

President Polk's interest in acquiring California was influenced significantly by

A)his anti-British views.
B)his military career in the west.
C)his intense desire to advance slavery into Oregon.
D)all of the above.

Question 17

The inhabitants of Los Angeles responded to American military occupation by

A)submitting peacefully.
B)revolting.
C)assassinating the autocratic Archibald Gillespie.
D)fleeing to the northern San Fernando Valley.

Question 18

President Andrew Jackson was interested in California mainly because he believed it contained

A)a port for American commerce in the Pacific.
B)untapped supplies of gold and silver.
C)land for the further expansion of the slave economy.
D)timber resources for refitting ships from New England.

Question 19

John C.Fremont reluctantly refused to take command of the Bear Flaggers.

Question 20

Eugene McNamara was

A)an Irish priest who proposed colonizing California.
B)the personal envoy of President James K.Polk.
C)a "secret agent" of the United States government.
D)an Anglo-Scottish privateer who raided Monterey.

Question 21

How did the war between Mexico and the United States alter the size of each nation? As an exercise in "counterfactual speculation," how would the subsequent history of each nation been different had this war and alteration not occurred?

Question 22

John C.Fremont's role in the Bear Flag Revolt was decisive in the American conquest of California.

Question 23

Describe the specific actions taken by the Polk administration to establish American control of California.If you had been a citizen of the USA in the 1840s,would you have supported these actions? Why or why not?

Question 24

What were the major reasons why the United States government took such a strong interest in acquiring California during the 1830s and 1840s?

Question 25

Evaluate the motives and actions of John C.Fremont in California during the 1840s.

Question 26

Mexican bitterness over the loss of Texas was a major cause of the Mexican War.

Question 27

Following the end of the Mexican War,John C.Fremont was appointed governor of California.

Question 28

The American naval occupation of California was authorized by Secretary of the Navy Bancroft.