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11/13 History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| At the end of the Mexican-American War, the United States paid $15 million and left Mexico City in return for | New Mexico and California |
| The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Gadsden Purchase increased the area of the United States by | one third |
| What was the purpose of the Wilmot Proviso? | to ban slavery and other forms of servitude from lands won from Mexico |
| What effect did the Wilmot Proviso have on relations between the North and the South? | It increased tensions further between the North and the South. |
| During the California gold rush, about 25,000 laborers migrated to California from | China |
| Which of the following stirred discord between the North and the South? | California’s application for statehood |
| The 80,000 fortune seekers who traveled to California in search of easy riches were known as | 49-ers. |
| Abolitionists believed that slavery | was morally wrong and wanted to end it |
| In the election of 1848, the major parties were forced to take a stand on slavery because of | the rise of the Free Soil party |
| Who was the Free-Soil Party’s candidate for president? | Martin Van Buren |
| In the late 1840s, what led to the question of whether slavery should expand to the territories? | the results of the Mexican war |
| What provision did the Compromise of 1850 include? | California would become a free state |
| What was one outcome of the Compromise of 1850? | Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act. |
| A second reason the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 angered Northerners was that it | required all citizens to support the slave system. |