Lesson 10 USHA

What was the ultimate goal of the Wilmot Proviso?

• To encourage slavery in any territory acquired from the Mexican-American War
• To balance out slave and free states
• To solidify Manifest Destiny
• To ban slavery in any territory acquired from the Mexican-American War

What was the main mode of transportation for settlers crossing the Oregon Trail?

• Oxen and covered wagons
• Steel bridges
• Railroads
• Large ships

What was the reasoning behind the Gadsden Purchase?

• To satisfy Manifest Destiny
• To further humiliate Mexico
• To obtain land for a railroad system
• To protect settlers in the West

Which of the following is NOT one of the results of the Compromise of 1850?

• Slave trade was banned in Washington DC.
• Under the Fugitive Slave Act section, special government officials were allowed to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave.
• Popular sovereignty was determined to be illegal.
• California was admitted as a free state.

Which religious group was continually forced West due to persecution?

• Catholics
• Mormons
• Puritans
• Anglicans

What was one outcome of the Mexican-American War?

• It elevated the United States to the top stage among world powers.
• It created better relations with Mexico and Latin America.
• It solved once and for all the question of slavery.
• It put Manifest Destiny on hold.

When Mexico became independent from Spain, what vast territory began to be populated by Americans and their slaves?

• Arizona
• California
• Colorado
• Texas

Which of the new political parties of the 1840s and 1850s had the goal of opposing the extension of slavery?

• Democratic Party
• Free Soil Party
• Republican Party
• Liberty Party

Who did the U.S need to make treaties with in order to secure the Oregon region?

• Russia and Spain
• Spain and Britian
• Spain and France
• Britain and France

Which animal’s population had been so depleted in the East that trappers moved West to catch them?

• Muskrat
• Beaver
• Mink
• Otter