Expansion and Compromise

Question 1

Which of these statements describes America at the time Missouri sought to become a state?

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B: The balance between free and slave states was equal.

Question 2

Based on what you have read, which responses below correctly describe something that happened as part of the Missouri Compromise. Check all of the boxes that apply.

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B: Maine entered the Union as a free state.; D: Missouri entered the Union as a slave state.

Question 3

Which of the following was a long-term weakness of the Missouri Compromise?

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C: The fundamental disagreement about slavery was not resolved.

Question 4

Which of these phrases describe the empresario system?Check all the boxes that apply

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B: gave agents permission to settle families; D: allowed settlers to bring enslaved persons into Texas

Question 5

Which statement about the Texas Revolution is true?

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B: Texan forces captured Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto.

Question 6

What were the opposing viewpoints that Texans debated regarding the future of their nation?Check all of the boxes that apply.

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A: annexation by the United States; D: remaining independent

Question 7

What was the main issue that blocked Texas from being admitted to the United States?

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A: disputes about slavery

Question 8

Why was the 36'30" line of latitude significant?

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C: Slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Territory north of that line.

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