How did the slavery issue get tied up with "manifest destiny" in the 1840s and 1850s?

Americans did not know if slavery would be allowed in the new territories.

How did Brigham Young's influence resolve the western dispute over water rights?

He thought community needs were more important than individual needs.

What caused the American fur trade to move westward in the early 1800s?

Fur companies wiped out in the beaver population in the East.

Which challenge did Mexican Americans face when American settlers poured into the Southwest?

Mexican and Americans did not agree on personal legal ideas.

How did Mexico react to the annexation of Texas?

Mexico ordered all American settlers to leave California.

What was true about the Spanish California mission system?

Many California Indians laborers at the missions died of diseases.

In 1821, Mexico won its independence from Spain. What happened in California as a result?

Mexican officials terminated the mission system.

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1
What is another way of saying "manifest destiny"?
"humanity's end"
"obvious fate"
"people's future"
"clear choice"
2
How did the slavery issue get tied up with "manifest destiny" in the 1840s and 1850s?
Slaveholders didn't know if they could own slaves in new areas.
Americans did not know if slavery would be allowed in the new territories.
Slavery went against the values implied by "manifest destiny."
Slaveholders thought it would cause thee south to lose power.
3
How did Brigham Young's influence resolve the western dispute over water rights?
Young supported the eastern U.S. tradition regarding equal access to water.
Young felt that irrigation was less effective than dams or canals.
He thought community needs were more important than individual needs.
Ho thought individual water use was the key to fixing the problem.
4
What caused the American fur trade to move westward in the early 1800s?
Fur companies wiped out in the beaver population in the East.
Mountain men wanted to be the first to map western territory.
American Indian trappers were known for their skill.
Mountain men were sent to the West to beat its competitors from the East
5
Which was true about the Oregon Trail?
It ran through the Sierra Nevadas.
It required protection by U.S. government troops.
It took six months to travel.
It was a popular route for merchants.
6
Because this region relied on manufacturing, they supported high tariffs on imported goods.
north
east
south
west
7
Which challenge did Mexican Americans face when American settlers poured into the Southwest?
Mexican Americans were forced to share survival skills with Americans.
Americans and Mexicans didn't agree on religious groups.
American settlers would not allow celebrating Mexican holidays.
Mexican and Americans did not agree on personal legal ideas.
8
How did Mexico react to the annexation of Texas?
Mexico sent a diplomat to negotiate with the United States.
Mexico insisted that Texas' southern border lay along the Rio Grande.
Mexico imposed a tariff on all products from the United States.
Mexico ordered all American settlers to leave California.
9
When they first moved from New York, what did Mormons hope to find in the West?
gold and other natural resources
a set of silver tablets with religious teachings
a site for their Great Temple
a sense of religious freedom
10
What was true about the Spanish California mission system?
The U.S. government eventually shut down the California mission system.
Many California Indians laborers at the missions died of diseases.
Spanish military forts called presidios replaced abandoned missions.
No American Indians worked at the missions of their own free will.
11
In 1821, Mexico won its independence from Spain. What happened in California as a result?
Californios fought for independence from Mexico.
Mexican officials terminated the mission system.
Mexican businessmen planned a rail route to Canada.
American Indians were given parcels of land called ranchos.
12
This doctrine promotes the power of the states over the power of the federal government
manifest destiny
democracy
states' rights
federalism

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