US History 4.3

The bitter confrontations between proslavery and antislavery factions earned the new Kansas territory the name .

Bleeding Kansas

Why was Senator Charles Sumner attacked in the Senate chamber? He favored the free-soil constitution of Kansas. He favored Kansas as a slave state. He opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

He favored the free-soil constitution of Kansas.

The Compromise of 1850 was proposed by: Daniel Webster Henry Clay Zachary Taylor

Henry Clay

The group of Northerners that raised money and financed the trip to the Nebraska territory for antislavery settlers were the: Free-Soilers Immigrant Aide Society Jay Hawks

Immigrant Aide Society

Who led troops in California against Mexico? Sam Houston John C. Fremont Marcus Whitman James Beckworth

John C. Fremont

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was introduced by: Stephen Douglas Jefferson Davis Preston Brooks Charles Summer

Stephen Douglas

In which of the following regions in California was gold discovered? San Francisco Los Angeles Sutter's Fort

Sutter's Fort

Slavery could never exist in any territory newly acquired by the United States from Mexico according to the: Missouri Compromise Compromise of 1850 Kansas-Nebraska Act Wilmot Proviso

Wilmot Proviso

Select all that apply. Which of the following made California attractive to American settlers? the Rocky Mountains a rich, fertile central valley the Oregon Trail a moderate year-round climate natural ports on the Pacific Coast

a rich, fertile central valley a moderate year-round climate natural ports on the Pacific Coast

The South's main concession to the North in the Compromise of 1850 was: acceptance of popular sovereignty in the New Mexico and Utah territories the fugitive slave proposal the admission of California as a free state the admission of Texas as a slave state

acceptance of popular sovereignty in the New Mexico and Utah territories

Spain reluctantly agreed to ____ two of its provinces to the United States.

cede

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

false

Which of the following cities in Mexico was captured by American troops during the war? Mexico City Veracruz Zacatecas

mexico city

The doctrine that allowed people living in the territories to decide the issue of slavery through their governmental bodies was called: popular sovereignty divine sovereignty squatter's rights territorial compromise

popular sovereignty

A nation's _____ allows it to exercise its political power and authority.

sovereignty

Who did not agree with the Mexican War? the South the Northeast the West the Midwest

the Northeast

Sovereignty is supreme political power or authority. True False

true

The word cede means to give up, surrender, or hand over something to another. True False

true