Historical Questions

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What is the Compromise of 1850?

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Agreement where California would be admitted as a free state

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What event led up to the Mexican American War?

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The annexation of Texas and border disputes between the U.S. and Mexico.

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What states were included in the Mexican Cession? Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska; Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama; Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon; California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and parts of Wyoming.

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California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and parts of Wyoming.

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What happened on May 9, 1846?

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President Polk was preparing a declaration of war against Mexico.