Expansion and Compromise

Question 1

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

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

Question 2

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

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A: supporters of Manifest Destiny; D: members of the Democratic Party; E: supporters of slavery

Question 3

What was the Bear Flag Republic?

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B: the government formed by Americans in California rebelling against Mexico

Question 4

California eventually

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C: was annexed by the US.

Question 5

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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A: Winfield Scott; B: Antonio López de Santa Anna; C: Zachary Taylor; D: Winfield Scott; E: Antonio López de Santa Anna; F: Zachary Taylor; G: Winfield Scott; H: Antonio López de Santa Anna; I: Zachary Taylor

Question 6

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

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B: to seize the New Mexico territory

Question 7

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

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A: slavery and involuntary servitude

Question 8

The Wilmot Proviso was significant because it

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

Question 9

In 1848, the United States signed the with Mexico.

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C: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Question 10

As a result of the Mexican-American War, Mexican citizens living in the Mexican Cession

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B: could become US citizens.; C: were separated from their families in Mexico.; E: faced legal and social discrimination.

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