Which of the following was a term (condition) of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?

• the U.S. paid $15 million to Mexico for land

• the extension of citizenship rights to Mexicans living in now-US territory

• the banning of slavery in all territories acquired from Mexico

• Mexicans must immediately leave the land ceded to the U.S.

Who introduced a proposal to Congress to ban slavery in all territories acquired from Mexico after the war?

• Stephen Douglas

• Henry Clay

• David Wilmot

• Abraham Lincoln

When running for president, James K. Polk had promised northern voters to acquire the Oregon Territory to what parallel?

• 36th

• 38th

• 49th

• 54th

This term refers to the believed that God had ordained for the American nation to extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

• continentalism

• the Divine Mandate

• anglophobia

• Manifest Destiny

Under the principle of popular sovereignty, who decides whether slavery will be allowed in a territory or not?

• slaves

• the people of the territory

• Congress

• the entire nation

Why did northerners dislike the stronger Fugitive Slave Act implemented by the Compromise of 1850?

• they believed it went against their personal liberties

• they believed it was not harsh enough on slaves

• they believed it ended the abolition movement

• they believed it would end slavery completely

The Dred Scott decision overturned what piece of legislation?

• the Compromise of 1850

• the Fugitive Slave Act

• the Wilmot Proviso

• the Missouri Compromise

What was the goal of John Browns raid on Harper's Ferry?

• to discredit the abolition movement

• to overthrow the federal government

• to start a slave rebellion

• to make Kansas a free state

What was the result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

• Lincoln was elected to the Senate

• Douglas secured his future presidential victory

• Illinois became a slave state

• Lincoln's national prominence increased

Place the following events in the correct chronological order:

A) Kansas-Nebraska Act

B) Missouri Compromise

C) Dred Scott decision

D) Lincoln is elected president

• A, B, C, D

• D, C, B, A

• C, B, A, D

• B, A, C, D