Domain 2, Part 2

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What was the Missouri Compromise?

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Land south of the 36 parallel would be slave states, excluding Missouri.

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Who did we win the Oregon Territory from?

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Britain

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What is Manifest Destiny?

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the belief that it was inevitable and encouraged for America to expand

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What did the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo state?

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The US won Texas and the Mexican Cession from Mexico

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What was the Wilmot Provisio?

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all new states added should outlaw slavery

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What were two components of the Compromise of 1850? Options: California would be a slave state; no more slave trade, Missouri would be a slave state; Maine would be a free state, Popular sovereignty to decide free or slave in Kansas; fugitive slave law, California would be a free state; fugitive slave law

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California would be a free state; fugitive slave law

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What is popular sovereignty?

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voting

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A law that said new states would decide by popular sovereignty if they would be free or slave

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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What was the result of the Dred Scott case?

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slaves and former slaves are NOT considered to be citizens

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What was the biggest expansion of the US? Options: Mexican Cession, Texas Annexation, Treaty of Paris 1783, Louisiana Purchase, Oregon Territory

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Louisiana Purchase