Westward Expansion and Sectionalism
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Leslie Rangel
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History, Social Studies
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8th Grade
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1.
Multiple Choice
Rapid population growth, economic depressions, the prospect of inexpensive land, and trade opportunities contributed to the widespread support of which of the following?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Manifest Destiny
The American System
States Rights
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Multiple Choice
What is one reason James K Polk won the presidential election of 1844?
He was against removing Indians from their native lands
He favored a policy of popular sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska territories
He was committed to fulfilling the goals of Manifest Destiny
He opposed the extension of slavery west of he Mississippi River
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Multiple Choice
What is one political reason people supported Manifest Destiny and expanding the United States to Oregon?
Maintaining slavery
Spreading democracy
Increasing capitalism
Promoting Immigration
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Multiple Choice
The Northwest Ordinance established guidelines for the orderly expansion of the US by instituting--
method to purchase territory from foreign powers
procedure for military takeovers of existing countries
process through which states could be added to the Union
compromise line that prohibited slavery in the west
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Multiple Choice
The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use popular sovereignty to determine whether the territory would be free or slave. The decision applied to much of the land gained from the--
Revolutionary War
War of 1812
US-Mexican War
Civil War
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