US History - Unit #5 - Lesson 1 & 2

The idea that Americans should settle the continent from the East coast to the West coast was called

• Providence Calling

• Divine Wind

• Manifest Destiny

• Spread the Light

Which state was and independent nation before entering the Union?

• California

• Texas

• New Mexico

• Louisiana

Compromise reached that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Maine to enter the union as a free state.

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Wilmot Proviso

• Compromise of 1850

This compromise address the Mexican Cession and dealt with the spread of slavery in that new land acquisition.

• The Compromise of 1850

• Wilmot Proviso

• Mexican-American Act

• Missouri Compromise

This compromise included the Fugitive Slave Act which angered most Americans.

• Wilmot Proviso

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Fugitive Slave Act Compromise

Which compromise dealing with the spread of slavery addressed the land gained in the Louisiana Purchase?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Louisiana Purchase Act

As a result of the Mexican-American War, Mexico ceded over 500,000 square miles of land to the US. This land was called the

• Mexican Cession

• New Mexico

• Mexican Land Acquisition

• California

Which of the following were passed to settle the issue of slavery spreading into new territories?

• The US Constitution

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Declaration of Independence

The ideological explanation for the American Revolution can be found in which document?

• the US Constitution

• the Declaration of Independence

• the Mayflower Compact

• the Bill of Rights

Which reform movement wanted to end slavery?

• Suffrage

• Temperance

• Education

• Abolition