APUSH Mexican-American War

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Which sentence best describes Manifest Destiny? Options: The United States should not acquire Texas., The united States needed to compete for trade with Asia., The United States was meant to share North America with England and France., the United States had the right to settle North America from coast to coast.

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the United States had the right to settle North America from coast to coast.

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This party favored annexation and slavery. It was a strong party in Texas.

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Democratic

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This party was against the spread of slavery, against annexation, and not strong in Texas.

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Whig

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This party was secretive, favored nativism, did not approve of immigration, or immigrants who practiced certain religions.

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Know-Nothing

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Which of these was a part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? Options: The Mexican Cession was split between the United States and Mexico., Mexico made a $15 million payment to cover claims of US citizens against Mexico., The boundary between the United States and Mexico was settled., Mexicans living in the area of Mexican Cession could become US citizens

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Mexicans living in the area of Mexican Cession could become US citizens

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Which of the following was part of the Compromise of 1850? Texas would be annexed to the United States as a free state., California would join the US as a slave state., Mexico would pay reparations to Texans for damage from the TX Revolution, Texas gave up its claims to New Mexico in exchange for $10 million

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Texas gave up its claims to New Mexico in exchange for $10 million

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The original purpose of the Gadsden Purchase was to: create a route for a railroad.

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create a route for a railroad.

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The Wilmot Proviso, which never passed, would have

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prohibited slavery in any territory gained from Mexico.

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What caused Senator Douglas to introduce the Kansas-Nebraska Act? Options: the caning of Charles Sumner by Preston Brooks, the need for a vote in Kansas over whether slavery would be allowed there, the construction of the transcontinental railroad, the desire of Northerners that the Missouri Compromise be repealed

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the construction of the transcontinental railroad

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Document that legalized slavery in the Kansas territory

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Lecompton Constitution