Mexican American War and Compromises

Select the TWO leaders of The US Forces

• James K. Polk

• General Santa Anna

• General Zachary Taylor

• General Winfeld Scott

What word means "the belief in the God given right to move West"?

• Manifest Destiny

• Land Speculator

• Ordinance

What event allowed for California to enter U.S. as a free (non-slave) state?

• Annexation of Texas

• Mexican Cession

• Compromise of 1850

What did the Compromise of 1850 say about slavery in other territories (besides California) that were acquired by the U.S. in the Mexican Cession?

• Popular sovereignty would determine whether or not the territories would allow slavery.

• They would automatically become slave states.

• Slavery was banned.

• All of the above.

30 years after the Missouri Compromise, the question about the growth of slavery into new territories re-emerged after the...

• Revolutionary War.

• War of 1812.

• Mexican-American War.

• Civil War.

According to the Compromise of 1850, which two territories were allowed to decide for themselves on the issue of allowing or banning slavery by popular sovereignty?

• Utah and New Mexico

• California and Oregon

• Oklahoma and Texas

• Michigan and Ohio

The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use popular sovereignty to determine whether the territory would be free or slave. This decision applied to much of the land gained from the - (a)  

• Revolutionary War

• War of 1812

• U.S.-Mexican War

• Civil War

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As the United States acquired more land between 1803 and 1850, controversy over these territories focused on the

• need for schools and colleges

• failure to conserve natural resources

• expansion of slavery

• construction of transcontinental railroads

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What was the primary cause of the Mexican-American War?

• A) Dispute over the Texas border

• B) Dispute over California gold

• C) Dispute over the Oregon Trail

• D) Dispute over the Louisiana Purchase

Which treaty ended the Mexican-American War?

• A) Treaty of Paris

• B) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• C) Treaty of Versailles

• D) Treaty of Tordesillas