Compromise of 1850

What river formed the western boundary of Texas after 1850?

• Amazon River

• Rio grande River

• Mississippi River

• Great Bear Lake

Where was the line set by the Missouri Compromise?

• 36 & 30

• 30 & 28

• 28 & 30

• 30 & 36

How was the land west of Texas affected?

• U.S. and Utah became territories, and Mexico became a state

• New Mexico and California became territories, and Utah became a state

• I thought this happened in the North part

• New Mexico and utah became territories, and California became a state

which one was a effect of the Compromise of 1850 for the North

• The rest of the Southwest was left open to slavery, depending on a vote of the people who settled there.  This ability of a state to decide whether it would allow slavery was called popular sovereignty.  

• Allowed for California to enter the Union as a free state

• It ended the slave trade in Washington, D.C., but allowed those owning slaves to keep them.

• It included the Fugitive Slave Act - which required the return of escaped slaves to their owners.

Which one was an effect of the Compromise of 1850 for the south (select all that apply)

• The rest of the Southwest was left open to slavery, depending on a vote of the people who settled there.  This ability of a state to decide whether it would allow slavery was called popular sovereignty.

• The federal government would also assume the debts Texas incurred before it was annexed to the United States.

• wait what, the South has effects of the compromise too?!

• Allowed for California to enter the Union as a free state

which one was a effect of the Compromise of 1850 for both North and South

• It ended the slave trade in Washington, D.C., but allowed those owning slaves to keep them.

• They both had effects?!

• New Mexico and utah became territories, and California became a state 

• We got more land for US and South could keep slavery for now and TX part of US

How did the compromise help both the North and South?

• The federal government would also assume the debts Texas incurred before it was annexed to the United States. 

• IT HELPED THEM TOO?!

• Allowed for California to enter the union as a free state

• We got more land for US and South could keep slavery for now and TX part of US

How did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Compromise of 1850 help shape the current borders of Texas? 

• set the borders between TX and new mexico that we see today (rio grande river) compromise= TX lost land of New Mexico and beyond but their debt was paid off

• Allowed for California to enter the Union as a free state

• New Mexico and utah became territories, and California became a state 

• It ended the slave trade in Washington, D.C., but allowed those owning slaves to keep them.

_____ gained control of most of the Southwest through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) and the Gadsden Purchase (1853). 

• New Mexico

• California

• Utah

• United States

benefit to the South (select all that apply)

• The rest of the Southwest was left open to slavery, depending on a vote of the people who settled there.  This ability of a state to decide whether it would allow slavery was called popular sovereignty. 

• The federal government would also assume the debts Texas incurred before it was annexed to the United States. 

• Fugitive Slave Act - which required the return of escaped slaves to their owners.

• It ended the slave trade in Washington, D.C., but 

  allowed those owning slaves to keep them.