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What did president Polk do to gain additional us territory including California and New Mexico?
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Which conflict resulted in the US gaining territory in the West and Southwest including California Nevada and Utah?
Mexican-American War
What year did California become a territory?
The year that California became a territory was around 1848 after the Mexican-American War. It became a state in 1850.
Why is president James K. Polk remembered as the manifest destiny president?
The manifest destiny was the United States should stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This was realized during the Polk administration when the US annexed California and the Mexican territory in between.
What was one condition of the compromise of 1850?
The three main points of the Comprise of 1850 were; 1.California as a free state including Southern California 2.Utah Territory and New Mexico Territory with slavery to be decided by popular sovereignty. 3.The slave trade was abolished in Washington, DC (but not slavery itself), and the Fugitive Slave Act was strengthened.
Shichof these was most closely related to the need for additional German territory?
Lebesnraum
Who was president when the US won the California and New Mexico Territory?
James K. Polk (term 1845-1849)
Which conflict resulted in the US gaining territory in the West and Southwest including California Nevada and Utah?
Mexican-American War
How did Baja California Sur get its name?
After the Mexican-American War, the whole territories of California were split on Alta California (Upper California) which corresponds to the present-day US state of California, and Baja California (Lower California) which corresponds to the peninsula of the same name. It became the territory of Baja California for the following 80 years, until 1930 when the Mexican Congress decided to split up such territory in two: the North Territory of Baja California (Territorio Norte de Baja California) and South Territory of Baja California (Territorio Sur de Baja California), being divided by the 28th parallel.Years later in 1951, Mexican president Miguel Aleman Valdes announced that the North Territory of Baja California satisfied the conditions required by the Constitution to be admitted as a free and sovereign state: population and economic ability to survive without federal support. The new state was named as Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California (English: Free and Sovereign State of Baja California).Finally, in 1974 Mexican President Luis Echeverria Alvarez pushed a bill for the South Territory of Baja California to be elevated to the category of state.
Which one is larger California or Missouri?
California today but from 1812 until part of it became a state in 1821 Missouri as a territory was larger than California was then or probably ever became including all of the upper or new California territory of 1847 & all of baja then & now & all submerged lands off the coast & probably all California dreaming too
What conflict resulted in the US gaining territory in the West and Southwest including California Nevada and Utah?
The Mexican-American war
What did Hungary want in additional to its own territory?
constitution
What year did California become a territory?
The year that California became a territory was around 1848 after the Mexican-American War. It became a state in 1850.
What were the names of the 1800 territories?
The Northwest territory, the Louisiana territory, the Texas territory, the New Mexico, California, and Oregon territories, and the Florida territory.
Why is president James K. Polk remembered as the manifest destiny president?
The manifest destiny was the United States should stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This was realized during the Polk administration when the US annexed California and the Mexican territory in between.
The colonies were independent nations upon the defeat of the British during our revolution. Was California a territory of the US or an independent nation when it was admitted as a state?
California was a territory
Was California a territory before it was a state?
Before it became a state, California was known as Spanish territory until the US claimed it for itself, so yes.
Who suggested California to become a State?
The California territory took a vote to decide if California should become a state.
