| Compromise of 1850 | ||
| #1 | Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in 1852? | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| #2 | Where was slave trade prohibited? | Washington D.C. |
| #3 | This President pledged to veto the Compromise | Zachary Taylor |
| #4 | This President passed the Compromise | Millard Fillmore |
| #5 | What are liberty laws? | passed by states in the North to counter the fugitive slave law |
| Anonymous | ||
| #1 | What was the outcome of Polk's expansionist policies in the Oregon Territory? | The Oregon Territory was split between the U.S. and Great Britain |
| #2 | What is the trail that was developed by traders in the mid-1800s, connecting Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico | Santa Fe Trail |
| #3 | WHo was defeated in the Battle of San Jacinto | General Santa Anna |
| #4 | U.S. Army general who won several victories in the Mexican-American War | Zachary Taylor |
| #5 | What natural boundary did many westward emigrants bypass? | The Great Plains |
| Texas/Mexico | ||
| #1 | Who seized power in an 1834 Mexico City revolt? | Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna |
| #2 | Who was President of the U.S. during the Mexican-American War? | James K. Polk |
| #3 | This PA Congressman called for prohibition of slavery from any land won from Mexico | David Wilmot |
| #4 | The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Gadsden Purchase increased the area of the U.S. by how much? | One third (1/3) |
| #5 | Winfield Scott faced bitter resistance from the Mexican army at | Chapultepec |
| Migration West | ||
| #1 | What did people typically travel in on the Oregon Trail? | Wagons |
| #2 | Why did Texas, California, and New Mexico attract expansionists in the 1820's? | They were rich in resources and did not have many settlers |
| #3 | Where did the Santa Fe Trail originate? | Independence, Missouri |
| #4 | What were people who believed in Manifest Destiny known as? | Expansionists |
| #5 | Where does the California Trail separate from the Oregon Trail? | Between Fort Boise and Fort Bridger |
| North v. South | ||
| #1 | What state's application created great conflict between the North and South? | California |
| #2 | What is the term that is defined as independent control over one's own control? | Autonomy |
| #3 | What section of Congress did the Wilmot Proviso pass? | House of Representatives |
| #4 | Who did the state Constitution drawn up by Californians at a convention in 1849 exclude? | African Americans |
| #5 | Which group was enthusiastically in favor of war with Mexico? | Democrats |
| Final Question | |
| Give three reasons why people were citical and against Manifest Destiny | 1- Other nations (Great Britain and Mexico) claimed the land 2- they felt an expansive nation would be too large to efficiently govern 3- Abolitionists feared new territory would expand slavery |