Sectional Tensions in the 1850s Review

What was the large piece of western land gained by the United States at the end of the Mexican-American war known as?

• the Mexican Cession

• the Gadsden Purchase

• Calexico

• Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Which of the following is a present-day state that the Mexican Cession did NOT include?

• California

• Nevada

• Utah

• New Mexico

• Texas

What issue consumed Congress at the end of the 1840s?

• whether to permit slavery in new territories

• whether to remove Native Americans from their land

• whether to allow Southern states to secede over the issue of slavery

• whether to return escaped slaves to their former masters

The proposal to ban slavery in any new territory acquired from Mexico was the ____________.

• Wilmot Proviso

• White West

• Free Soil Declaration

• Crittenden Compromise

Who was elected president in 1848?

• Zachary Taylor

• Henry Clay

• Daniel Webster

• John C. Calhoun

Was California admitted to the Union as a free or slave state?

• free state

• slave state

Who was known as the "Great Compromiser?"

• Henry Clay

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

• William H. Seward

Who was known as the "Great Nullifier?"

• Henry Clay

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

• William H. Seward

Who called for national unity in his "Seventh of March" speech?

• Henry Clay

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

• William H. Seward

Which Whig senator declared that slavery was incompatible with the assertion in the Declaration of Independence that "all men are created equal?"

• Henry Clay

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

• William H. Seward