What percentage of its territory did Mexico lose in the Mexican Cession?(1 point)
Responses
55 percent
55 percent
Mexico did not lose any land.
Mexico did not lose any land.
25 percent
25 percent
75 percent
75 percent
55 percent
Which of the following statements draws the best conclusion about who gained the most from the treaty and why?(1 point)
Responses
Mexico gained the most because it was paid for the land.
Mexico gained the most because it was paid for the land.
The U.S. gained the most because it gained a large amount of land and gave little in return.
The U.S. gained the most because it gained a large amount of land and gave little in return.
Mexicans gained the most because they kept their land and gained U.S. citizenship.
Mexicans gained the most because they kept their land and gained U.S. citizenship.
Anglo Texans gained the most because they gained the land east of the Nueces River
The U.S. gained the most because it gained a large amount of land and gave little in return.
How did the Compromise of 1850 shape Texas’s western border?(1 point)
Responses
It gave the land west of El Paso to New Mexico and gave Santa Fe County back to New Mexico.
It gave the land west of El Paso to New Mexico and gave Santa Fe County back to New Mexico.
It gave the land west of Santa Fe County to New Mexico and let Texas have El Paso.
It gave the land west of Santa Fe County to New Mexico and let Texas have El Paso.
It gave the land east of El Paso to Indigenous peoples and gave Santa Fe County to New Mexico.
It gave the land east of El Paso to Indigenous peoples and gave Santa Fe County to New Mexico.
It gave the land east of Santa Fe County to Texas and left El Paso in New Mexico.