What were two issues that caused debate in the Congress?
Debates erupted over representation in Congress, over slavery, and over the new executive branch.
What were two events that fueled the debate over slavery between 1846 and 1850?
The two events that fueled the debate over slavery between 1846 and 1850 were the Wilmot Proviso and The Compromise of 1850. The Wilmot Proviso banned slavery to be acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War or in the future, including the area later known as the Mexican Cession.
Why did southerners fear California entering the Union as a free state?
What was the problem with California’s admission into the Union? It would upset the balance between slave and free states in the Senate. Southerners feared that if free states gained a majority in Senate, the South would not be able to block anti-slavery attacks like the Wilmot Proviso.
What were the three main parts of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Under the terms of the treaty negotiated by Trist, Mexico ceded to the United States Upper California and New Mexico. This was known as the Mexican Cession and included present-day Arizona and New Mexico and parts of Utah, Nevada, and Colorado (see Article V of the treaty).
What was the big argument against annexing Texas?
Opposing annexation were Northerners who objected to the spread of slavery on either moral or economic grounds, and those who predicted that admitting Texas would lead to war with Mexico.
Who opposed the annexation of Texas?
The leadership of both major U.S. political parties, the Democrats and the Whigs, opposed the introduction of Texas, a vast slave-holding region, into the volatile political climate of the pro- and anti-slavery sectional controversies in Congress.
What were the requirements asked of the settlers in Texas?
They are known as the “Old Three Hundred.” There were three requirements for settlement (must convert to Catholicism; must become a Spanish/Mexican citizen; must be of good, moral character.