Chapter 10 Section 3

Front 1

1: William Becknell created this trail, it started near Independence, Missouri and ended in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

2: The purpose of this trail was to trade with Santa Fe and to hopefully boost the economy of New Mexico.

Back 1

Santa Fe Trail

Front 2

1: These things were used to convert Native Americans to Christianity. Later they were used as stops for travelers.

Back 2

Missions

Front 3

Five facts about this man:

1: He was the president of the United States.

2: This man wanted to gain New Mexico and California through war.

3: Congress passed a declaration of war against Mexico when this man said that Mexico, "invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil."

4: This mans war plan to capture Texas and California had three parts.

5: This man defeated Mexico when he took over Mexico City.

Back 3

President James K. Polk

Front 4

1: This man was a general in 1847. *For the US

2: This man took over Mexico City and made them surrender half of there territory.

Back 4

Winfield Scott

Front 5

1: This treaty made Mexico give up Texas and agree to the Rio Grande as the border between Texas and Mexico.

Back 5

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Front 6

1: This is when Mexico had to give up California and New Mexico to the United States for the price of $15 million.

Back 6

Mexican Cession

Front 7

1: This purchase was a purchase of $10 million made by the United States to by a strip of land along the southern edge of present-day Arizona and New Mexico.

2: This purchase finalized and made the US the same size of land as it is today.

Back 7

Gadsden Purchase