Expansion and Compromise — Quiz

Question 1

When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821, Texas was

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a province of Mexico.

Question 2

In the early 1800s, the empresario system was responsible for

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more American colonists settling in Texas.

Question 3

What would have happened if Missouri had joined the Union as a slave state?

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The balance of power in Congress would have shifted.

Question 4

The provisions of the Missouri Compromise stated in part that

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Missouri would be admitted into the Union as a slave state.

Question 5

In the early 1800s, at the time the Missouri Territory requested statehood,

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there was an equal number of slave and free states.

Question 6

Why was the defeat at the Alamo in 1836 significant for Texas?

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“Remember the Alamo” became the battle cry as the Texans fought for independence.

Question 7

What was one effect of the Missouri Compromise?

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It was a temporary solution that did not fix the problem of slavery.

Question 8

In the early 1800s, how was the belief in Manifest Destiny most likely to affect the admission of new states into the Union?

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The belief in Manifest Destiny meant that the balance between free and slave states could shift as the United States expanded to the Pacific coast.

Question 9

How did the concept of Manifest Destiny create the need for the Missouri Compromise?

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As the US expanded, there needed to be a balance of power between the North and the South, which led to the Missouri Compromise.

Question 10

In the 1830s, who became the dictator of Mexico?

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Santa Anna

Expansion and Compromise — Quiz Answers