Unit 4 Summative

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How did the Missouri Compromise (1820) affect the expansion of slavery into western territories?

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It forced Missouri to be a free state but permitted western states to choose slavery.

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"Fifty-four Forty or Fight!" - campaign slogan for James K. Polk (1844). A supporter of this slogan would MOST LIKELY support which of the following? The annexation of western territories such as Texas and Oregon, Eliminating the concept of Manifest Destiny from American politics, Abolishing slavery in the United States, Expanding U.S. foreign influence into European nations

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The annexation of western territories such as Texas and Oregon

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How did the Mexican-American War (1846-48) and the Wilmot Proviso (1848) contribute to growing sectionalism in the United States?

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The issue of slavery was again brought to the forefront of American politics.

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Which of the following best completes the graphic organizer related to the Compromise of 1850? California becomes a free state, Missouri becomes a slave state and Maine becomes a free state, Popular sovereignty would determine the issue of slavery in Georgia, There is a nullification crisis

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California becomes a free state

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The events of 'Bleeding Kansas' (1854) can most be attributed to: the competition between farmers trying to settle the land, the adoption of the Monroe Doctrine, the failure of popular sovereignty, the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case

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the failure of popular sovereignty

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With his raid on the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1859), John Brown intended to:

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incite a massive slave rebellion.

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What made the 1857 Scott v. Sanford (Dred Scott) decision so controversial?

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The decision emphasized that the government could not prohibit slavery in western territories.

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The election results shown on this map clearly reflects the influence of ____. Refer to the electoral map of the election of 1860 for this question.

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sectional differences

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What conclusion can best be supported by the information in the illustration? Options: The North and South had an equal percentage of their population working for railroads. The North had fewer manufacturing plants than the South. Most of the nation's railroads ran through the South. The North had a major advantage in industrial production when compared to the South.

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The North had a major advantage in industrial production when compared to the South.

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Which decision by President Lincoln was controversial because it involved limiting people’s civil liberties?

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Suspension of Habeas Corpus