SSUSH 8 Test

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Manifest Destiny advanced the belief that:

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God was on the side of American expansion.

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

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free-soilers and slavery supporters

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The Missouri Compromise dealt with: the admission of California and Missouri to the Union., the expansion of slavery into the former Louisiana Territory., the slave trade in Washington, DC, and the return of runaway slaves., the right of states to negotiate their own trade agreements with foreign nations.

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the expansion of slavery into the former Louisiana Territory.

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This law, which allowed territories to decide the fate of slavery based on popular sovereignty, unintentionally had the effect of increasing tensions between pro-slavery and antislavery forces as they rushed west and had violent clashes over control of territory. It was the

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Which is an example of the concept of Manifest Destiny in action? Options: the Compromise of 1850, the Missouri Compromise, passage of the Fugitive Slave Act, the annexation of Mexican territory

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the annexation of Mexican territory

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The Wilmot Proviso (1846) attempted to forever ban slavery in territories that were won as a result of: the Civil War, the Mexican War, the Louisiana Purchase, the Spanish-American War.

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the Mexican War.

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California was initially admitted as a "free state," while citizens of the Utah and New Mexico territories were left to decide the issue for themselves. Which of these set this up? Options: Wilmot Proviso, Compromise of 1850, Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Compromise of 1850

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Which treaty ended the United States' war with Mexico in 1848? Options: Treaty of Paris, Treaty of Vera Cruz, Treaty of Versailles, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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

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It prohibited slavery in most of the former Louisiana Territory except for Missouri.

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

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A slave was not a citizen but rather the property of an owner.