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Antebellum and Manifest Destiny
Antebellum and Manifest Destiny
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Period in American history before the Civil War.
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Opponents of Texas annexation were concerned with-
Too many Indians in Texas.
Too many people moving to Texas.
Texas would be a large slave state
The postal system couldn't make it to Texas
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What is the definition of annex?
To surrender without a fight
To break a treaty and rebel
To remove from or get rid of
To add on or take
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What was the Oregon Territory?
Oregon, Washington, and Idaho
Montana and Wyoming
Oregon and Washington
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and parts of Montana and Wyoming
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What did the Compromise of 1850 do?
Banned the SLAVE TRADE in Washington D.C
Admit California as a slave state
Admit Texas as a Free state
Allowed escaped slaves to live in the North
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed
slaves to be free
free land to immigrants
states to secede from the union
states to decide to have slavery within their borders or not
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The Compromise of 1850 _____.
created the latitude 36°30′ north division line
admitted California to the Union as a free state
ended conflict in Kansas
admitted Maine (free) and Missouri (slave) to the Union
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What was the purpose of compromises like the Missouri Compromise?
Avoid going to war over slavery
Stop Natives from returning to their land
Stop slavery from spreading
Keep territories from becoming states
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Why did the U.S. and Mexico go to war shortly after the annexation of Texas?
The U.S. wanted to take over Mexico
Mexico wanted to take over the U.S.
Mexico did not like President James Polk
Mexico wanted to change the U.S. boundary
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Missouri became a slave state. What state joined and became a free-state?
West-Virginia
Maine
Oregon
California
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James K. Polk and Manifest destiny wanted to accomplish what?
Control all of Mexico and annex it to the United States
Get access to the gold discovered in California
Gain access to the Mississippi river
Obtain more western territory
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Why was the Missouri Compromise important
It gave the South more power
it gave North more power
it did nothing
it equalized the power between the South and the North
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What did the Compromise of 1850 do?
Allowed the Slave Trade in Washington D.C to continue
Admit California as a slave state
Allowed escaped slaves to live in the North
Force northerners to return an escaped slave
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Popular sovereignty
Rule by goverment
Rule by Oligarchy
Rule by an Monarchy
Rule by the People
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No African America, free or slave, had the rights of American citizenship was decided by
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States
Plessy v. Ferguson
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Under the Missouri Compromise the Louisiana Territory was divided at the _____ line.
Equator
36°30′ Parallel
The Tropic of Cancer
49° Parallel
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Proposal to ban slavery in the Southwest, but the House of Representatives voted it down
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Wilmot Proviso
Kansas-Nebraska Act
17
What were the effects of the election of 1860?
the South led the beginning of war
Southern secession
All of the above
Issue of slavery
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In the Dred Scott v. Sanford case, the Supreme Court said that the government could not
Prohibit Slavery
allow Women to vote
regulate child safety laws
Prohibit the consumption of Alcohol
19
The violent Raid and attack on Harper's Ferry, Va proved that
People could not peacefully solve the slavery issue
People could peacefully solve the slavery issue
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What did the Compromise of 1850 do?
Allowed escaped slaves to live in the North
Allowed the Slave Trade in Washington D.C to continue
Admit California as a slave state
Utah and New Mexico territories exercised popular sovereignty
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Which of these would be the best title for the illustration?
Universal Expansion
Manifest Destiny
Survival of the Fittest
Divine Nature
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This act cancelled the Missouri Compromise and made Popular Sovereignty the law in the west
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Dawes Severalty Act
Homestead Act
Fugitive Slave Acts
23
Which of these candidates won the 1860 election?
J.C. Breckinridge
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
John Bell
24
What region of land is considered Mexican Cession?
Louisiana Territory
Oregon Territory
Modern day Southwest United States
Texas
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John Brown's assault on Harper’s Ferry, VA demonstrated that slavery could not be solved
amicably
Peacefully
Violently
politely
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The compromise of 1850 was about ____.
New Territories and Slavery
The American System
Women's Suffrage
Second Great Awakening
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Slave trade abolished in Washington, DC, California admitted as a free state, & Pop sovereignty
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Wilmot Proviso
Dred Scott v. Sandford
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The British and Americans split the Oregon territory along the
54th latitude line
48th latitude line
44th latitude line
49th latitude line
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What did the Kansas-Nebraska act do?
Put in place popular sovereignty
Annexed Nebraska
Put the Wilmot Proviso into action
Made Nebraska a free state and Kansas a slave state
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What did Dred Scott v Sandford rule?
Ruled that immigrants were not citizens of the United States.
Ruled that Women are not citizens of the United States.
Ruled that poor white men were not citizens of the United States.
Ruled that Black People slave or free were not citizens of United States.
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Which state was added as free state to the Union because of the Compromise of 1850?
Texas
Oregon
Missouri
California
