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USH Unit 4 SSUSH8, 9, 10

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  • Q1
    belief that the US was destined, or fated by God, to rule all territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific
    Wilmot Proviso
    Manifest destiny
    Westward Expansion
    patriotism
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  • Q2
    created guidelines for how territory could become states. Also first time slavery in territories becomes an issue
    Northwest Ordinance
    Land Ordinance
    Compromise of 1850
    Missouri Compromise
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  • Q3
    Missouri Compromise said...
    Missouri became a slave state
    All of these
    Lousiana Purchase divided in half
    Maine became a free state
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  • Q4
    The Louisiana Territory divided along the 36 degrees 30' horizontal line- no slavery above, slavery allowed below was part of
    the Missouri Compromise
    the Kansas-Nebraska Act
    the Nullification Crisis
    the Compromise of 1850
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  • Q5
    Saves the day! Missouri Compromise, Nullification Crisis, Compromise of 1850
    John C. Calhoun
    Nat Turner
    John Brown
    Henry Clay
    30s
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  • Q6
    Things Henry Clay did
    solve Nullification Crisis
    all of these
    Missouri Compromise
    Compromise of 1850
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  • Q7
    suspected deal- John Quincy Adams became president and made Henry Clay his Secretary of State (Clay encouraged House members to vote for JQA)
    Pork Barrel Politics
    normal politics
    Corrupt Bargain
    Dirty Deal
    30s
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  • Q8
    Established in 1821
    Independent Texas
    Mexican Independence
    Annexation of Texas
    all of these
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  • Q9
    Americans moved into Mexican Texas with slaves. Mexico abolished slavery in 1824 and Texan Americans fought to make Texas an independent republic, led by Stephen Austin and Sam Houston at the Alamo.
    Civil War
    Texas independence
    Annexation of Texas
    Mexican-American War
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  • Q10
    James Polk
    all of these
    Prez #11
    poked Mexico til they fought
    wanted land
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  • Q11
    believed in Manifest destiny, wanted the SW US and Texas. He sent American troops to provoke Mexico into the Mexican American War.
    President James Polk
    Zachary Taylor
    Henry Clay
    Bob the Builder
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  • Q12
    one region of the country puts their own needs above the needs of the nation as a whole. Example: Northern tariffs only benefited the North, and allowing slavery only benefited the South
    both of these
    neither of these
    Sectionalism
    Regionalism
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  • Q13
    Created after the War of 1812 but led to the Nullification Crisis
    abolition of slavery
    Income taxes
    women's right to vote
    The Tariff of Abominations
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  • Q14
    from South Carolina, encouraged his home state to engage in nullification of a tariff even though he was Vice President
    Andrew Jackson
    Martin van Buren
    Henry Clay
    John C. Calhoun
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  • Q15
    declaring something "null and void" basically means a state is going to act like it doesn't exist or refuse to follow it
    LOL NOPE-ify
    nullification
    secede
    cede
    30s
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  • Q16
    a state leaves the union of the United States
    cede
    secede
    millipede
    succeed
    30s
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  • Q17
    SC wanted to nullify a tariff, President Andrew Jackson wanted to use force, Henry Clay suggested a compromise that saved the day
    Missouri Compromise
    Fort Sumter conflict
    Compromise of 1850
    Nullification Crisis
    30s
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  • Q18
    provoked by President Polk, lasted 2 years, driven by American manifest destiny
    Mexican American War
    All of these
    Spanish American War
    Annexation of Texas
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  • Q19
    Ended the Mexican American War by agreeing that the US would pay $15million to Mexico for the territory in the Southwest.
    Gadsden Purchase
    Treaty of Guadlupe-Hidalgo
    Louisiana Purchase
    Adams-Onis Treaty
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  • Q20
    US paid $10million for the last chunk of territory from Mexico. US government wanted to help the railroad industry finish the Trans-Continental Railroad. Last time the borders of the continental US has changed.
    Gadsden Purchase
    Louisiana Purchase
    Annexation of Hawaii
    Annexation of Texas
    30s
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