MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
COMPROMISE OF 1850
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In return, Texas received an immediate 5 million dollars in U.S. bonds and another 5 million dollars to settle debts that were a direct result of annexation by the United States. Texas used the money to settle debts incurred during its years as a republic and then had 3 million dollars leftover.
Detailed explanation-2: -The compromise set Texas’ modern-day border and ceded its western and northernmost territory to the U.S. in exchange for $10 million.
Detailed explanation-3: -Texas lost its boundary claims in New Mexico, but the Congress compensated Texas with $10 million. Slavery was maintained in the nation’s capital, but the slave trade was prohibited.
Detailed explanation-4: -This treaty, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the war between the United States and Mexico. By its terms, Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including the present-day states California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, most of Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming.