APUSH 5.3 & 5.4

The United States gained which of the following from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 ?

• An undisputed claim to Oregon

• Control of the sugar trade with Cuba

• Possession of California and most of the Southwest

• The right to construct a canal across the Isthmus of Panama

The Wilmot Proviso specifically provided for

• the prohibition of slavery in Louisiana Purchase territory

• the abolition of the international slave trade

• the prohibition of slavery in lands acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War

• federal return of fugitive slaves

The most controversial and divisive component of the Compromise of 1850 was the

• measure’s endorsement of popular sovereignty

• admittance of Missouri as a slave state and the establishment of the 36°30' line

• passage of a tougher national fugitive slave act

• admittance of Texas as a slave state

The Compromise of 1850 did which of the following?

• Admitted Texas to the Union as a slave state.

• Admitted California to the Union under the principles of popular sovereignty.

• Prohibited slavery in the District of Columbia.

• Enacted a stringent fugitive slave law.

A significant result of the Mexican-American War of 1846–1848 was that the United States

• suffered a military defeat

• freed Texas from Mexican rule

• experienced increasing tension over the issue of slavery

• experienced increasing tension over the acquisition of Puerto Rico

Which of the following provisions of the Compromise of 1850 provoked the most controversy in the 1850’s?

• The admission of California as a free state

• The establishment of the principle of popular sovereignty in the Mexican cession

• The continued protection of slavery in the District of Columbia

• The strengthened Fugitive Slave Law