Wilmot's purpose in proposing this rider was best described as which of the following?

Answer: Barring slavery from any lands acquired in the Mexican-American War The Proviso targeted only territory taken from Mexico, not existing states. It rejected, rather than extended, the 36°30' line; Texas was already annexed in 1845.

The Mexican-American War (1846-48) resulted in

Answer: U.S. acquisition of vast territory (California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, etc.) via the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Critics like Henry David Thoreau and Frederick Douglass called the war unjust; sectional debates over slavery in the new territories intensified.

The expansionist sentiment expressed here contributed most directly to which subsequent conflict?

Answer: The Mexican-American War of 1846-1848 Manifest destiny rhetoric backed Texas annexation and disputed Mexican border claims, leading President Polk to provoke and prosecute the Mexican-American War to acquire vast western territory.

AP US History · Topic 5.3

The Mexican–American War Practice

Part of Period 5: 1844–1877.

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Sample 1difficulty 3/5
$"Provided, that, as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory." — David Wilmot, Wilmot Proviso, 1846$
$Wilmot's purpose in proposing this rider was best described as which of the following?$
- A
  $Extending the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific$
- B
  $Abolishing slavery throughout the existing United States$
- C
  $Barring slavery from any lands acquired in the Mexican-American War$
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- D
  $Annexing Texas as a free state$
Why
$The Proviso targeted only territory taken from Mexico, not existing states. It rejected, rather than extended, the 36°30' line; Texas was already annexed in 1845.$
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Sample 2difficulty 3/5
$The Mexican-American War (1846-48) resulted in$
- A
  $A negotiated draw with both nations keeping their pre-war territorial boundaries intact$
- B
  $Mexican expansion northward, gaining U.S. territory up to the Missouri and Ohio River basins$
- C
  $An American defeat that forced the U.S. to cede Louisiana, Texas, and the Oregon Country back to Mexico$
- D
  $U.S. acquisition of vast territory (California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, etc.) via the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo$
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Why
$Critics like Henry David Thoreau and Frederick Douglass called the war unjust; sectional debates over slavery in the new territories intensified.$
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Sample 3difficulty 3/5
$"Other nations have undertaken... to thwart our policy and hamper our power... in the avowed object of... checking the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions." — John L. O'Sullivan, "Annexation," July-August 1845$
$The expansionist sentiment expressed here contributed most directly to which subsequent conflict?$
- A
  $The Aroostook War of 1838-1839$
- B
  $The Mexican-American War of 1846-1848$
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- C
  $The Black Hawk War of 1832$
- D
  $The Patriot War of 1837-1838$
Why
$Manifest destiny rhetoric backed Texas annexation and disputed Mexican border claims, leading President Polk to provoke and prosecute the Mexican-American War to acquire vast western territory.$
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