SSUSH 8

What was the parallel line for the Missouri Compromise?

• 36/32

• 30/36

• 36/30

• 32/30

With the Missouri Compromise, which state was admitted as a slave state?

• Missouri

• Massachusetts

• Maine

• Maryland

With the Missouri Compromise, which state was admitted as a free state?

• Missouri

• Massachusetts

• Maine

• Maryland

Polk annexed which two states?

• Oregon and Washington

• Washington and Texas

• Texas and Oregon

• Texas and New Mexico

What is the belief that it is America's destiny to settle the entire North American continent from east to west?

• Manifest Destiny

• Social Contract

• Expansion Theory

• Social Darwinism

What was NOT a factor that encouraged Americans to move west?

• American Indians were removed from the land

• Land was cheap

• As infrastructure grew, it was easier to move

• Want for gold

The Mexican American War began after the United States annexed which state?

• Arizona

• Texas

• New Mexico

• Oklahoma

Which purchase set the southern border of the United States?

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Adams Onis Treaty

• Louisiana Purchase

• Gadsden Purchase

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo set the US Mexican border at what river?

• Nueces River

• Mississippi River

• Rio Grande

• Tennessee River

True or False? The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required runaway slaves captured in the North to be returned to their masters.

• True

• False