history 1301 quiz: After the Louisiana Purchase, history homework help

QUESTION 1

1. After the Louisiana Purchase, the United States’ largest land acquisition resulted from which of the following?

   		the Jackson Purchase
   		the Clayton Compromise
   		the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty

QUESTION 2

1. Which best describes how Mexican leaders reacted when large numbers of Americans settled in Texas in the 1820s and 1830s?

   		They tried to prevent American settlers from influencing Texas’ Mexican culture
   		They feared American settlers would engage the U.S. government in an outside invasion
   		They expected American settlers to become loyal Mexican subjects and productive citizens

QUESTION 3

1. Slavery and its legitimacy first became a major issue in the United States following which event?

   		the Louisiana Purchase
   		the Missouri Compromise
   		the Northwest Ordinance of 1787

QUESTION 4

1. The Missouri Compromise led to the formation of Missouri as a slave state as well as the formation of which new U.S. state as a free state?

   		Kansas
   		Maine
   		Wisconsin

QUESTION 5

1. The Wilmot Proviso concerned the legality of slavery in which of the following?

   		in territories acquired from Mexico
   		in areas affected by the Land Act of 1820
   		in free states that slaves might try escaping to

QUESTION 6

1. Which Congressman most vocally opposed the free soil position in the 1840s?

   		John C. Calhoun
   		Henry Clay
   		David Wilmot

QUESTION 7

1. In which U.S. territory were the people given the option to choose whether or not they would allow slavery?

   		the Oregon Territory
   		the Minnesota Territory
   		the Utah Territory