Author Question: The Mexican government invited settlers like Stephen Austin's colonists because they wanted a buffer ... (Read 85 times)

futuristic · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

At the minimum, free soil meant:

A) no slavery in new lands.
B) new states would choose by popular sovereignty.
C) extending the Missouri Compromise line to California.
D) an immediate end to all slavery.

Question 2

The greatest opposition to Polk and the Mexican-American War came from:

A) southern Democrats.
B) northern Whigs
C) border state Democrats.
D) the Liberty Party.

Question 3

Thoreau's essay Civil Disobedience was written as a protest against:

A) the Mexican-American War.
B) the annexation of California.
C) pushing Native Americans off their lands.
D) the outcome of the election of 1848.

Question 4

Which of the following was NOT part of the treaty of Guadalupe Hildago?

A) California and New Mexico ceded to the U.S.
B) U.S. paid nothing to Mexico
C) Mexicans living in Texas granted political rights
D) Rio Grande River established as Texas border

Question 5

The Mexican government invited settlers like Stephen Austin's colonists because they wanted a buffer between themselves and the:

A) Comanche.
B) French.
C) Sioux.
D) Apache.