The major argument against annexing Texas to the United States was that| A)|it could involve the country in ruinous wars with Britain and France. | B)|it would add strength to the southern “slave power. | C)|Texas would be far larger than any existing American state.
| D)|it would be better to retain an independent Texas as a buffer state. | E)|it would lead to tensions and possible war with Mexico.President Polk's claim that “American blood [had been shed] on the American soil” referred to news of an armed clash between Mexican and American troops near| A)|El Paso. | B)|the Nueces River. | C)|Santa Fe. | D)|the Rio Grande River.
| E)|San Antonio. | 9. Match each American officer below with his theater of command in the Mexican War. A. Stephen W.
Kearny|1. northern Mexico|B. Zachary Taylor|2. California|C.Harriet Tubman gained fame| A)|by helping slaves to escape to Canada. | B)|in the gold fields of California.
| C)|as an African American antislavery novelist. | D)|as a public opponent of the Fugitive Slave Law. | E)|by urging white women to oppose slavery. | 12.
|During the debate of 1850, __________ argued that there was a “higher law” than the Constitution that compelled him to demand the exclusion of slavery from the territories. A)|William H. Seward| B)|Henry Clay| C)|Daniel Webster|Stephen A. Douglas| E)|Zachary Taylor| 13. |The most alarming aspect of the Compromise of 1850 to northerners was the law providing for| A)|the continuation of slavery in the District of Columbia.
| B)|the possible expansion of slavery in the New Mexico and Utah territories under “popular sovereignty. ”| C)|the new Fugitive Slave Law. | D)|the payment of $10 million to slaveholding Texas. Most American leaders believed that the only way to maintain control of the new Pacific Coast was to| A)|establish naval bases at San Diego and Puget Sound.
| B)|build a canal across Central America. | C)|grant the territories quick statehood. | D)|construct a transcontinental railroad. | E)|build a string of military forts across the West.
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