Unit 5.2-5.7 Review (Dec.4)

Land ceded by Mexico to the United States following the Mexican-American War. The territory included the future states of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.

• Texas Annexation

• Mexican Cession

• "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight"

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo

Complex compromise devised by Senator Henry Clay admitting California as a free state, included a stronger fugitive slave slaw, and delayed the determination of slave state for the New Mexico and Utah territories.

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

• Compromise of 1877

• Wilmot Proviso

Law sponsored by Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas allowing popular sovereignty in the territories.

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

• Compromise of 1877

• Wilmot Proviso

Proposal to prohibit slavery in land acquired from the Mexican Cession. It passed the House of Representatives but was defeated in the Senate.

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

• Compromise of 1877

• Wilmot Proviso

Elected the 16th President of the United States in 1860. His election led to secession of southern states. Delivered the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

Which of the following was a result of the Compromise of 1850?

• provided for a stricter Fugitive Slave law

• legalized slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico

• provided for cotton to be used as a medium of exchange

• ensured that there would be a perpetual balance between slave states and free states

Which of the following brought the issue of slavery back to the forefront in the 1840s and 1850s?

• US Supreme Court justices tended to rule in favor of the Nort

• the United States was expanding to the West

• preachers made famous in the Second Great Awakening raised the issue in most sermons

• political parties felt that slavery was an issue that would unite their members

Which of the following did the Kansas-Nebraska Act effectively repeal?

• Wilmot Proviso

• Compromise of 1850

• Northwest Ordinance

• Missouri Compromise

Which individual advocated for popular sovereignty and was a primary sponsor of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

• Stephen A. Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

"Bleeding Kansas" gained its reputation for violence because of the

• actions of various gangs that roamed the area before the arrival of the US military

• sporadic warfare between settlers on opposing sides of the slavery issue

• general lawlessness of towns like Dodge City and Abilene

• US Army's tactics while enforcing the Fugitive Slave Laws