WorksheetsMexican-American War & Compromise of 1850
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
The primary goal of manifest destiny was
End slavery in the new territories
removal of European influence in the Americas
expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean
secession of southern states from the nation
Who owned California in 1845?
Mexico
United States
Japan
England
Why did the U.S. and Mexico go to war?
All of these answers are correct
The U.S. and Mexico disagreed over their boundary
America's continued desire to achieve Manifest Destiny
The U.S. recently annexed Texas
-Mexico recognizes Texas as part of the United States.
-The Rio Grande is made the border between Mexico and the United States.
-Mexico cedes territory that is now part of 7 present day states.
Which treaty established these terms of peace to end the war?
Why did so many people rush to California in 1849?
Religious Freedom
Silver
Gold
Beaver Pelts
The Compromise of 1850 admitted _________ as a free state.
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Utah
Which US Senator was most responsible for the Compromise of 1850?
Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Stephen Douglas
Utah and New Mexico Territories would be open to the possibility to allowing slavery.
The slave trade was banned in Washington D.C.
In what way did the Compromise of 1850 please the South?
Allowing states to decide by popular vote whether or not to prevent slavery is called
cession
manifest destiny
veto
popular sovereignty
The Compromise of 1850 outlawed slave auctions in...
Washington, DC
Richmond
New Orleans
Charleston
After the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act, many escaped slaves living in the North fled to...
Canada.
Mexico.
California.
Liberia.
The Fugitive Slave Act...
increased Underground Railroad Activity.
led to resistance in the North.
infuriated abolitionists.
All of the above
