Civil War and Westward Expansion Concepts

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The primary goal of manifest destiny was to

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expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean

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The California Gold Rush, the Homestead Act (giving people land), and the completion of the Transcontinental RR all

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encouraged westward settlement.

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What act allowed the national government to require Native Americans to give up their land? Options: Indian Removal Act, Civilization Act, Manifest Destiny Act, Indian Territory Act

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Indian Removal Act

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What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

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Manifest destiny

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After the election of Abraham Lincoln, several _________ states seceded from the U.S. to form the Confederate States of America.

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southern

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People in the South were upset when _________ was elected president.

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Lincoln

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What does the word secede mean?

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withdraw / leave

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The fighting that happened after this act was passed led to the time period that was called _________.

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Bleeding Kansas

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In 1854, the _________ Act allowed citizens in Kansas to vote on whether their state would be a free or slave state.

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Kansas-Nebraska

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Why did Harriet Beecher Stowe write "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?

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To show the evils of slavery and the injustices of the Fugitive Slave Act.