How did the us government respond to california’s independence from mexico in 1846? the government sent troops to acquire california and make it part of the us. the government sent a diplomat to secretly offer money to annex california. the government ignored california because the mexican-american war was underway. the government ignored california because it did not want to acquire another republic.

Two gymnastics teams are intense rivals. the first team has started recruiting new gymnasts from different cities and even foreign countires in an effort to build a stronger team. after learning this, the secondteam begins its own recruitment campaign to find better gymnasts. over a period of months, each team recruits dozens of players, each time trying to find a better recruit than its rivals most recent addition. which idea from the cold war is most similar to this scenario