Mexico's refusal to pay its debts to the United States.

The United States' desire to expand its territory.

Mexico's support for the Confederacy during the American Civil War.

The United States' desire to protect its citizens in Texas.

February 2, 1848

March 18, 1848

May 30, 1848

July 4, 1848

James K. Polk

Zachary Taylor

Millard Fillmore

Franklin Pierce

Antonio López de Santa Anna

Manuel de la Peña y Peña

José Joaquín de Herrera

Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga

Mexico ceded to the United States the territories of California, New Mexico, and Texas.

The United States agreed to pay Mexico $15 million for the ceded territories.

The United States agreed to protect the property rights of Mexican citizens in the ceded territories.

All of the above.

525,000 square miles

750,000 square miles

1 million square miles

1.25 million square miles

It expanded the United States' territory by over 50%.

It increased the number of U.S. states by three.

It added over 1 million people to the U.S. population.

All of the above.

It resulted in the loss of over 50% of Mexico's territory.

It led to the deaths of over 25,000 Mexican soldiers.

It caused widespread economic disruption in Mexico.

All of the above.

It granted them U.S. citizenship.

It protected their property rights.

It allowed them to vote.

None of the above.

A proposal to ban slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico.

A proposal to allow slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico.

A proposal to divide the territories acquired from Mexico into slave and free states.

A proposal to annex all of Mexico to the United States.

It threatened to divide the United States along sectional lines.

It was seen as a violation of the U.S. Constitution.

It was opposed by both the North and the South.

All of the above.

A series of laws that resolved the issue of slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico.

A series of laws that divided the territories acquired from Mexico into slave and free states.

A series of laws that allowed slavery in all of the territories acquired from Mexico.

A series of laws that banned slavery in all of the territories acquired from Mexico.

California was admitted to the Union as a free state.

The territories of New Mexico and Utah were organized without restrictions on slavery.

The slave trade was abolished in the District of Columbia.

All of the above.

It temporarily resolved the issue of slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico.

It led to the outbreak of the Civil War.

It abolished slavery in the United States.

None of the above.

The purchase of additional territory from Mexico in 1853.

The purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867.

The purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803.

The purchase of Florida from Spain in 1819.

To secure a route for a transcontinental railroad.

To expand the United States' territory.

To protect the United States from Mexican raids.

All of the above.