The Establishment of New Territory

Who led troops in California against Mexico?

John C. Fremont

During the time of manifest destiny, the addition of _____ was highly desirable because it contained two of the three natural ports on the Pacific coast.

California

Out of the four possible starting points for the transcontinental railroad, which city was chosen?

Chicago, Illinois

The conflict over the disputed territory between Texas and Mexico was because Texas claimed all the land leading up to the Nueces river, and the Mexican government claimed all the land leading up to the Rio Grande River.

False

The 1850 compromise was proposed by:

Henry Clay, U.S. senator from Kentucky

Bitter confrontations over what issue earned the new Kansas territory the name Bleeding Kansas?

Slavery

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was introduced by:

Stephen Douglas

Representative Brook attacked Senator _____ in the Senate chamber after his speech in favor of the free-soil constitution of the state of Kansas.

Sumner

Mexico broke diplomatic relations with the United States when _____ became a state.

Texas

When did the Mexican War begin?

1846

sovereignty

Supreme political power or authority.

cede

To give up, surrender, or hand over something to another.

Slavery could never exist in any territory newly acquired by the United States from Mexico according to the:

Wilmot Proviso

California also possessed:

a rich fertile central valley, a moderate year-round climate

The South's main concession to the North in the 1850 compromise was:

acceptance of popular sovereignty in the New Mexico and Utah territories

The doctrine that allowed people living in the territories to decide the issue of slavery through their governmental bodies was called:

popular sovereignty

Who did not agree with the Mexican War?

the Northeast