. Those who were being transported by the Conestoga Wagons were most likely

pioneer familes

. The visual most directly reflects which of the following continuities in United States history?

Manifest Destiny

The Santa Fe Trail was a 900 mile trek across the Southwest that brought a major exchange of goods between

Mexico & the U.S.

Shortly after the writing of this *5/5 document, Sante Fe would be incorporated into the United States as a result of the Mexican Cession from the Mexican War and the Treaty of

Guadalupe Hidalgo

According to the document above, the Spanish considered California to be

a fringe colony seen primarily as a buffer against other Europeans

As a result of the tenuous hold on California, not only did Spain lose it to Mexico, but Mexico lost it as well due to what seubsequent activity?

It succumbed first to the Bear-Flag rebellion and later to the Mexican Cession

The document's reference to the menace of foreign encroachments was directed primarily at what country that established a foothold in Northern California?

Russia

Despite the cultural clash between the Californios and the Anglo-Saxons, California was easily taken from Mexico because of

its treatment as a marginal possession of Mexico demonstrated little loyalty to Mexico

The clash of values in the passage above shows the culture conflict mainly between

Anglo-Americans & Latin Americans

All of the following were reasons for the clash of cultures between the Anglo-Saxons and the Latin American Californios except

Anglo-Saxons loathing of the work ethic