Exploring Westward Expansion and the Civil War

What year did the United States annex Texas, leading to tensions with Mexico?

• 1850

• 1860

• 1846

• 1845

What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo conclude?

• None of the above

• Began the American Civil War

• Ended the Mexican-American War

• Resolved the Texas annexation

What was the primary reason for the internal tensions in the US Senate regarding Texas?

• Political ideology

• Territorial disputes

• Slavery

• Economic disparities

Which proviso aimed to ban slavery in territories acquired from Mexico?

• Wilmot Proviso

• Davis Proviso

• Lincoln Proviso

• Douglas Proviso

What was the main focus of the Compromise of 1850?

• To annex more territories

• To resolve the slave/free state balance

• To impeach President Polk

• To declare war on Britain

What was the outcome of the Dred Scott case?

• Slaves were declared non-citizens

• Slavery was declared unconstitutional

• Slavery was abolished

• Dred Scott was freed

What did the Emancipation Proclamation achieve?

• None of the above

• Ended the Civil War

• Granted citizenship to all slaves

• Abolished slavery in Confederate states

What was the primary cause of the American Civil War according to the narrator?

• Territorial expansion

• Slavery

• Political ideology

• Economic disparities

Which battle was a turning point in the Civil War, according to the narrator?

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• First Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Hampton Roads

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

• Jefferson Davis

• John Wilkes Booth

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee