Territorial Expansion & 1850 Compromise

Question 1

The Louisana Purchase consisted of the American government purchasing 828,000 acres of rerritory from England.

Answer 1

No, the government actually bought it from France for $15 million.

Question 2

Lewis and Clark encountered an indigenous woman named…

Answer 2

Sacagewa

Question 3

Sacagewea aided the expedition to…

Answer 3

Explore the America’s, accomplishing in helping first American’s cross the Pacific on land.

Question 4

Missouri is a ____ state and Maine a ____ state in the Missouri Compromise

Answer 4

Missouri slave state, Maine free

Question 6

The date of the Missouri Compromise

Answer 6

March 3rd 1820

Question 7

What else changed due to the Missouri Compromise?

Answer 7

Northern Louisiana made slavery prohibited

Question 8

True or False
Texas annexation marking the day Texas joined the US as the 28th state

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Texas annexed on

Answer 9

1845

Question 10

America intervening in Mexico in order to gain its territory, causing a huge dispute therefore a war

Answer 10

Mexican-American War of 1846-1848

Question 11

Polk theorized to mingle and harass Mexico by placing armies and more Americans there in order to expand slavery

Answer 11

An argument about the Mexican-American war

Question 12

Mexican government fought on American soil, causing a huge dispute

Answer 12

Argument for the cause of Mexican American war

Question 13

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) is also known as

Answer 13

Mexican Cession

Question 14

Present day stages California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, and more were territory given to USA by Mexico

Answer 14

Mexican Cession

Question 15

California becomes a free state in 1850

Answer 15

Because of the Compromise of 1850

Question 16

The 1850 Compromise causes what?

Answer 16

Banned slavery in Washington DC (not all of slavery)

Question 17

Is it true that 1850 Compromise banned all of slavery?

Answer 17

False

Question 18

Utah and Mexico granted voting permission to keep slavery

Answer 18

Because of the 1850 Compromise

Question 19

_____ a term describing popular vote among the people of a state/governmental system.

Answer 19

popular sovereignty

Question 20

Five laws passed to put a pause to dispute of slavery from North and South

Answer 20

Compromise of 1850

Question 21

What was the Compromise called that passed 5 laws related to slavery?

Answer 21

1850 Compromise

Question 22

Law ordering capture of runaway slaves and denial of the right to a jury

Answer 22

Fugitive Slave Act

Question 23

The Fugitive Slave Act is related to

Answer 23

1850 Compromise

Question 24

White superiority increase within americas

Answer 24

After the Mexican-American War. Ppl excusing it as benefit to USA

Question 25

Loss of land

Answer 25

Mexico Losing land after Mexican-American war