Standard 8 review

Territories like Missouri acquired in the Louisiana Purchase threatened to ___________.

• tip the balance of free and slave states.

• secede from the United States.

• fight for independence.

Put the descriptions under the correct compromise.

Groups:

(a) Missouri Compromise

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(b) Compromise of 1850

• Fugitive Slave law

• Missouri added as slave state

• Maine added as free state

• Slave trade abolished in D.C.

• 36°30′ line created

• California added as free state

The 36°30′ line was established to ...

• divide the nation into Union v Confederates

• settle the issue of slavery in new territories

• expand railroads westward

• to establish new Indian reservations

Henry Clay earned the nickname​ (a)   for his work to keep the nation together when divided over slavery.

• Great Compromiser
• Commander in Chief
• Manifest Destiny
• Freedom Fighter

Americans believed ​ (a)   was the reason they were able to expand westward so quickly.

• Manifest Destiny
• Popular Sovereignty
• American Imperialism
• Globalism

Who was elected president due to his desire to annex Texas and Oregon expanding America's territory?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Jackson

• James K. Polk

• John Quincy Adams

After the Mexican War, _______________ established the Rio Grande as the U.S. southern border.

• the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

• President Polk

• the governor of Texas

What was a result of the Mexican Cession as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?

• U.S./Mexico divided California

• Texas border moved northward

• U.S. gained territory that later became 7 states

• Santa Ana was imprisoned

What led to California's population increasing to the point of requesting statehood?

• Railroad expansion

• Gold discovery

• Great Migration

Missouri Compromise, Mexican Cession, and Compromise of 1850 all led to ​ (a)   where southern and northern states sought their own interests.

• sectionalism
• feudalism
• tribalism