March to Civil War- Warm Up

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According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, whether a state was free or slave would be determined by

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popular sovereignty

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act, The Missouri Compromise, and the Compromise of 1850 were all designed to

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Deal with the issue of slavery in new territories

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Manifest Destiny was a belief that

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Americans had a right to settle the West

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Which belief was a motive for the events in the diagram?

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Manifest Destiny

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Which statement BEST describes the Missouri Compromise? Options: Slavery was prohibited throughout the Louisiana Territory, The issue of slavery was left to be decided by local residents, Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state, A harsher fugitive slave law was enacted and the slave trade was prohibited.

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Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state