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Who was elected president in 1852? |
Franklin Pierce |
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The president of the United States at the time both Oregon and California were officially acquired was |
James K. Polk. |
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Which of the following statements regarding the state of South Carolina is incorrect? |
South Carolina was willing to work with President Lincoln. |
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What party split in the presidential election of 1860 |
The Democrats |
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The political party most in favor of war with Mexico was the |
Democrat Party |
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According to your textbook "Bleeding Kansas" was |
a rehearsal for civil war. |
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President James K. Polk stated that the immediate cause of the Mexican-American War was |
Mexico’s invasion of American territory. |
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Manifest destiny was based on the notion that the United States would naturally expand |
westward |
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President James K. Polk stated that the immediate cause of the Mexican-American War was |
Mexico’s invasion of American territory. |
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The Mexican-American War was opposed by all of the following except? |
Zachary Taylor |
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The final version of the Compromise of 1850 included all of the following except which? |
Slavery was allowed in new territory out west |
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_______________________ coined the term manifest destiny. |
John L. O’Sullivan |
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As a result of the Mexican-American War the United States acquired all of the following future states except |
North Dakota |
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The United States army under __________________ captured Mexico City in March 1847. |
Winfield Scott |
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Which of the following statements regarding the Mexican-American War is most accurate? |
The Mexican-American War was a war for territory. |
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act |
repealed the Missouri Compromise. |
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Which statement regarding the presidency of James Buchanan is incorrect? |
James Buchanan did not believe in westward expansion. |
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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 |
could be used to punish those who helped runaway slaves. |
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The majority of those who chose to emigrate to Texas in the first half of the 19th century were |
southerners and their slaves. |
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All of the following groups suffered as a result of manifest destiny except |
the French. |
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_____________________ is the notion that citizens of a territory should regulate the existence of slavery just like the citizens of a state |
Popular sovereignty |
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Which of the following statements regarding the Wilmot Proviso is untrue? |
The proviso passed the Senate. |
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When he won the presidency, Abraham Lincoln carried ___________ slave states in the Electoral College. |
0 |
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John Brown’s Raid was an attack on Harper’s Ferry, Virginia in _____________. |
1859 |
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The Free-Soil coalition believed |
slavery should be excluded from the western territories |
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