Expansion and Division Review

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(8.51) Which of these statements BEST describes what happened to Texas after they won independence from Mexico in 1836?

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(8.49) What conclusion can be drawn from these statements about America's westward expansion?

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Which would make the BEST title for a research paper that focuses on these historical figures?

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Which event is being described here?

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Which provision was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?

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In the Illinois Senate race of 1858, a supporter of slavery would have been MOST likely to vote for

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Which is the correct source for this famous statement regarding the question of slavery in the United States?

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In the race for the Illinois Senate seat in 1858, what was a main source of conflict and disagreement between candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas?

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Which is the BEST description of Stephen Douglas's stance regarding slavery during the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858?

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The Dred Scott decision

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Which BEST describes a result of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

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These statements are describing the effects of the Supreme Court's decision in

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From which landmark Supreme Court case is this excerpt taken?

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The Dred Scott Decision by the Supreme Court decided that slaves were property in the eyes of the Federal Government. As a result what would it take to abolish slavery in the United States?

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This image shows the attack of Senator Charles Sumner (from Massachusetts) by Representative Preston Brooks (from South Carolina) on the floor of the U.S. Senate in 1856, Which of these would have been the MOST likely cause of this attack?

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How did John Brown contribute to the abolitionist movement?

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What was John Brown’s goal in his raid on Harper’s Ferry?

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Which of these is the BEST example of the tensions between the North and the South before the Civil War?

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The strife in "Bleeding Kansas" was associated with a conflict between _____ and _____.

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Which law is being described here?

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This list of notes would be MOST useful to a student writing a research paper titled

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Which issue helped start and hold together the members of the new Republican Party?

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Which of the following was NOT a policy in the Republican Party's platform?

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What was Harriet Beecher Stowe's BIGGEST role in the Antebellum United States?

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Under the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, a free white in the North could be sentenced to imprisonment and be forced to pay a fine for doing which of these?

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Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin focused on the evils of

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Which is the BEST description of why the Compromise of 1850 was successful in defusing the sectional conflict between both sides of the slavery issue?

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What compromise resulted in the admission of California to the Union as a free state?

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This poster was MOST likely inspired by which government action?

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The most significant and longest-lasting impact of the "Gold Rush" of the mid-1800s was

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Notice the change in population of over just 20 years. Which of these was MOST responsible for the beginning of this population growth?

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Who would most likely have been a "forty-niner" during the California Gold Rush?

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The terms "Gold Rush," "Sutters Mill," and " 49’ers" are MOST associated with which area on the map?

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How did the gold rush and immigration affect California’s statehood?

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Where did the California Gold Rush start?

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Which of these was a cause of the Texas Revolution of the mid-1830s?

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Who was the first person to get permission from Spain to bring American settlers to Texas?

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What is being described here?

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The President most responsible for obtaining the lands of California, Oregon, and New Mexico for the United States was

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The phrase "Fifty-four Forty or Fight" was associated with

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What was the MAIN REASON the United States bought more land from Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase?

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How did the Mexican-American War lead to greater sectionalism within the United States government?

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Which of these was NOT an issue at the heart of the fight for an independent Texas?

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Why was James K. Polk called a “dark horse” candidate?

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Which of the labeled territories above on the map represents the Texas Annexation of 1845?

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Which of the labeled territories above on the map represents the Oregon Territory acquired in 1848?

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Which of the labeled territories above on the map represents the Mexican Cession of 1848?

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Which of the labeled territories above on the map represents the Gadsden Purchase of 1853?

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How did the Mexican-American War begin?

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Which important figure in the history of Texas is being described?

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This landmark was the site of an important battle during the Texas Revolution of 1835–36. What is the name of the landmark?

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What number on the timeline BEST represents the period in which Texas was annexed by the United States?

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What did Manifest Destiny mean to 19th-century Americans?

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This painting BEST relates what period in American history?

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The people who traveled on the majority of the trails seen here were PRIMARILY

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (The Mormons) fled persecution in the Midwestern U.S. in the 19th century, eventually settling in

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How did the Missouri Compromise deal with the issue of slavery?

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The Missouri Compromise dealt with

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These facts are all related to

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In an attempt to find a solution to the growing slavery issue in the United States, the Missouri Compromise added Missouri as a slave state. Which state was added to the Union designated as the "free" state?

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