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