USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Texas gave up its land claims in New Mexico for $10 million dollars in the Compromise of 1850. What did Texas use this money for?
A
It payed to be a part of the United States
B
It payed for more land
C
It payed off debt.
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -According to the compromise, Texas would relinquish the land in dispute but, in compensation, be given 10 million dollars–money it would use to pay off its debt to Mexico. Also, the territories of New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah would be organized without mention of slavery.

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. Austin, TX, November 25, 2021-This Thanksgiving marks the 171st anniversary of the compromise that shaped the boundary between Texas and its neighbor, New Mexico.

Detailed explanation-3: -As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. Furthermore, California entered the Union as a free state and a territorial government was created in Utah.

Detailed explanation-4: -Texas relinquished 67 million acres in the Compromise of 1850 in exchange for a cash payment that wiped out the debt. Future land sales were earmarked to fund Texas education.

Detailed explanation-5: -Compromise of 1850, in U.S. history, a series of measures proposed by the “great compromiser, ” Sen. Henry Clay of Kentucky, and passed by the U.S. Congress in an effort to settle several outstanding slavery issues and to avert the threat of dissolution of the Union.

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