Expansion and Compromise

Question 1

What is misleading about President Polk’s description of what happened?

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The fighting took place on land claimed by both the United States and Mexico.

Question 2

The territory acquired in the Mexican-American War is called the

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Mexican Cession

Question 3

The was important to the US because it contained territory needed to build a southern railroad route to the Pacific.

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Gadsden Purchase

Question 4

Which of the following groups were likely to support the war against Mexico? Check all of the boxes that apply.

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supporters of Manifest Destiny; members of the Democratic Party; supporters of slavery

Question 5

What was the Bear Flag Republic?

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the government formed by Americans in California rebelling against Mexico

Question 6

California eventually

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was annexed by the US.

Question 7

This man eventually became president of the US.This man was defeated in Texas’s War for Independence.This man captured Veracruz and Mexico City during the war.

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Winfield Scott; Antonio López de Santa Anna; Zachary Taylor

Question 8

Polk had two aims in the war. One was to acquire California. What was the second?

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to seize the New Mexico territory

Question 9

What two things would be banned in any new territory acquired from Mexico?

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slavery and involuntary servitude

Question 10

The Wilmot Proviso was significant because it

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was part of a continuing debate over the expansion of slavery that divided the US.

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