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Prior to the Missouri Compromise, the Tallmadge Amendment would have restricted the spread of slavery in Missouri. The amendment passed in the House of Representatives but failed in the Senate. Why?

• Representation in the Senate was based on population and dominated by the North, while representation in the house was more evenly divided between slave and free states.

• Representation in the house was based on population and dominated by the North, while representation in the Senate was more evenly divided between slave and free states.

• Campaigns for seats in the Senate were often funded by agricultural lobbyists, while industrialists opposed to slavery lobbied more heavily in the house.

• Campaigns for seats in the house were often funded by agricultural lobbyists, while industrialists opposed to slavery lobbied more heavily in the Senate.

The ___________  allowed Maine to enter the union as a free state and involved the creation of a line that defined slavery and antislavery territories.

Which of the following is BEST represented by the map?

• the Missouri Compromise of 1820

• the Compromise of 1850

• the Gadsden Purchase

• the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

One provision of the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was that Maine be admitted to the Union as a free state. What was the reason for this?

• to keep slavery from being legal in Northern states

• to keep a balance of free states and slave states

• to encourage Southern states to abolish slavery

• to create a majority of free states in Congress

Which of the following became a state during the presidency of James K. Polk?

• California

• Nevada

• Oregon

• Texas

Look at the map of the Oregon Country in 1840, claimed by both Great Britain and the United States.


James K. Polk won the 1844 presidential election under the Democratic Party's slogan of "All Oregon," rejecting Great Britain's border proposal of the forty-second parallel. After Polk took office, he sought a compromise border at the forty-ninth parallel, a move that was unpopular with expansionist members of his party. What slogan did expansionists use to oppose this proposal?

• "Forty-nine is not fine!"

• "Britain out of Oregon!"

• "Fifty-four forty or fight!"

• "No king on the continent!"

One of James K. Polk's goals as president was to fulfill the manifest destiny of the United States. Did he achieve this goal by the end of his term?

• Yes, Polk expanded US territory and the country spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific by the end of his term.

• Yes, Polk expanded US territory to the northern coast of North America by completing the purchase of Alaska.

• No, Polk agreed to cede territory to Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo after fighting Mexico to a stalemate.

• No, Polk failed to bring an end to the Mexican-American War before the end of this term and the US did not gain territory.

Under which president did the United States gain the territory highlighted on the map?

• Thomas Jefferson

• James K. Polk

• Zachary Taylor

• John Tyler

What was one cause of the tensions that led to the Mexican-American War?

• the expansion of slavery into the American West

• the treatment of American Indians by Mexico

• the impressment of Mexicans into the US Navy

• the disputed border between Texas and Mexico

What treaty ended the Mexican-American War?

• the Treaty of Mortefontaine

• the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• the Treaty of Madrid

• the Treaty of Paris