Territorial Expansion
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- Q1Why did abolitionists oppose annexation of new western territory during the 1840s?feared the admission of new slave stateswanted to limit the power of the national governmentsupported an isolationist foreign policywere concerned with the legal rights of Native American Indians120s
- Q2What would be the best title for this map?Results of the American RevolutionUnited States Territorial ExpansionEastward MigrationImmigration before the Civil War120s
- Q3The Missouri Compromise defined a boundary for slavery in which of the following Western Territories?voting rightsLouisiana Purchasepresidential election resultsSupreme Court decisions120s
- Q4What war was fought using Manifest Destiny as a motivating factor?The Revolutionary WarThe Civil WarThe War of 1812The Mexican-American War120s
- Q5In the mid-1800s, the growth of the populations of California and the western territories was mainly a result of which of the following?discovery of gold and silversecession of the Southern statesmigration of freedmen after the Civil Waropening of the Panama Canal120s
- Q6During the 1840s, supporters of Manifest Destiny favoredending the American Systemacquiring Texas and Californiaclosing the frontier to settlementceding the Oregon territory to Russia120s
