Exam 2 ODs

Question 1

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848

Answer 1

Peace treaty that ended the Mexican American War in 1848
Treaty cedes more than half of Mexico’s territory to the United States, including present day Arizona, California, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
-US paid Mexico 15 million for the land and recognized the Rio Grande as the Border of Texas

Question 2

Compromise of 1850

Answer 2

Series of Bills passed Mainly to address issues related to slavery
-Bills provided for slavery to be decided by popular sovereignty in the admission of new states, prohibited the slave trade in the District of Colombia, settles a Texas boundary dispute, and established a stricter fugitive slave act.

Question 3

Homestead Act

Answer 3

Passed in 1862
-encouraged settlement and development of the American West
-Accelerated the Settlement of the western territory by granting adult heads of family’s 160 acres of surveyed public land for a minimal filing fee and 5 years of continuous residence of that land.

Question 4

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 4

Pivotal Execution order issued by President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War (Jan 1, 1863)
-following Battle of Antietam
Purpose: aimed to weaken the Confederacy by Freeing enslaved people in the states that had broken apart from the Union. Lincoln sought to undermine the Confederate economy, which relied heavily on slavery.
Scope: Proclamation declared that all enslaved people in the Confederate states were to be freed, but it did not apply to border states that remined loyal to the union or areas already under union control.
Military strategy: Lincoln framed the Proclamation as a war measure, enabling the Union Army to free enslaved people as they advanced into Confederate territory. It also allowed for the enlistment of Black Soldiers into the Union Army.
Legal and Moral significance: While the emancipation Proclamation did not immediately free any enslaved individuals, it fundamentally changed the character of the civil war, making the fight against slavery a central goal of the Union war effort.
Aftermath: Proclamation laid the groundwork for the eventual passage of the 13th amendment in 1865, which formally abolished slavery in the United States.
-remains a landmark document in history, symbolizing a significant step toward the end of slavery and a turning point in the fight for Civil Rights.

Question 5

War Dept. Order 143. Creation of US Colored troops

Question 6

Establishing Yellowstone National Park

Answer 6

Established on March 1, 1872, and is recognized as the first National Park in the United States.
Located primarily in Wyoming, extends to Montana and Idaho.
1870 Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition, helped bring attention to its remarkable landscapes

Question 7

Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 8

Chinese Exclusion Act

Question 9

Joint Resolution Annexing Hawaiian Islands