US history 4.2

Many people urged America to fight the British to hold the northern boundary of Oregon at: -36° 30' -49° -54° 40'

-54° 40'

What event brought about the Missouri Compromise? -the Mexican Revolution in 1821 -Alabama was admitted as a slave state -Maine was admitted as a free state

-Alabama was admitted as a slave state

Which of the following is not characteristic of the Tallmadge Amendment? -As a group, the Southern representatives supported the amendment. -Children of slaves would be free when they reached 25 years of age. -Slavery would be forbidden in Missouri.

-As a group, the Southern representatives supported the amendment.

Eventually, the Oregon Country was divided into two parcels. Who controlled the upper portion? -the United States -England -Alaska

-England

Sam Houston accepted Mexico's offer of land in Texas and led settlers into the state to begin a new life. -True -False

-False

The Missouri Compromise was introduced by: -James Tallmadge -Daniel Webster -John C. Calhoun -Henry Clay

-Henry Clay

What best defines compromise? -the Louisiana Purchase -passage of the Tallmadge Amendment -Missouri was admitted as a slave state; Maine as a free state

-Missouri was admitted as a slave state; Maine as a free state

What was required of people who wanted to settle in Texas before the Mexican Revolution? -They had to promise to improve the land. -They had to become a landowners. -They had to declare they would become loyal Spanish subjects. -They had to join the fight against Indian raids.

-They had to declare they would become loyal Spanish subjects.

What were the three components of the Missouri Compromise? -admit Missouri as a slave state -admit Missouri as a free state -admit Maine as a free state -admit Maine as a slave state -Congress could not determine the expansion of slavery into the territories -area north of 36° 30' in the Louisiana Purchase would be closed to slavery

-admit Missouri as a slave state -admit Maine as a free state -area north of 36° 30' in the Louisiana Purchase would be closed to slavery

Which of the following statements is true of Missouri? -admission as a free state would change the balance of power -many of the settlers were slaveowners from the South -the Tallmadge Amendment established slavery in Missouri

-many of the settlers were slaveowners from the South

The battle of the Alamo in Texas resulted in a: -military victory -truce -massacre -none of the above

-massacre

He used compelling facts to __________ his arguments.

buttress

She refused to __________ her strongly held beliefs.

compromise

An example of a policy to buttress one's position would be: -the Spanish granting large tracts of land in Texas to American settlers -the Missouri Compromise -Stephen Austin settling in Missouri

-the Spanish granting large tracts of land in Texas to American settlers