ch 11

What role did empresarios play in the settlement of Texas by American immigrants?

• They were Native American leaders.

• They were individuals who brought settlers to Texas in exchange for land grants.

• They were Mexican military leaders.

• They were religious leaders promoting Catholicism in Texas.

What significant event occurred in California in 1848, leading to a mass exodus of people to the region?

• Oregon Trail Expeditions

• Texas Annexation

• Mexican Independence

• California Gold Rush

What did the Compromise of 1850 propose regarding California?

• Admitted as a slave state

• Admitted as a free state

• Divided into North and South California

• Subject to popular sovereignty

Why did antislavery advocates oppose the expansion of slavery westward?

• They wanted to end slavery everywhere.

• They believed in popular sovereignty.

• They thought slavery degraded White labor.

• They sought economic advancement for enslaved people.

Why were American politicians reluctant to annex Texas to the United States?

• Fear of war with Mexico and the slavery issues

• Lack of interest in expanding the nation

• Concerns about the economic viability of Texas

• Opposition from Texan leaders

What term refers to the alleged conspiracy of the slaveholding elite to control national politics for the purpose of protecting slavery?

• Proviso Powers

• Free-Soil Power

• Slave Power

• Abolitionist Conspiracy

Why did the admission of Missouri as a state in 1819 lead to a heated debate in the U.S. House of Representatives?

• Concerns about Missouri's population exceeding acceptable limits

• Because of a violent debate over whether slavery would be allowed in the new state

• Over concerns about the economic impact of statehood

• Due to disputes over Missouri's territorial boundaries

What was the reaction of American expansionists to the Adams-Onis Treaty?

• Support for diplomatic negotiations

• Indifference to territorial matters

• Criticism for not claiming all of Texas

• Praise for settling territorial disputes

What was the result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed in 1848?

• Mexico annexed California to the United States

• The U.S. recognized Mexican sovereignty over Texas

• The border dispute with Great Britain was resolved

• Mexico ceded nearly half its land to the U.S.

What challenge did the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819 aim to address?

• The annexation of Texas

• Disputes over the Missouri Compromise

• The status of Spanish Florida and its borders

• Territorial conflicts with Native tribes