Unit 3 Exam Review

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Which quotation best represents the idea of Manifest Destiny?

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The United States has a duty to spread American ideals westward

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What did cotton bring to the south and how did that affect them?

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Wealth—Along with this wealth came much pride in the southern way of life which led to sectionalism.

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Southerners were upset when Lincoln was elected president because:

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they believed he might one day end slavery, which would threaten their way of life

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In 1861, the first shots of the Civil War were fired at: Fort Bragg, Fort Sumter, Summer Camp, Antietam

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Fort Sumter

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After Lincoln was elected:

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Southern states began to secede

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Why was cotton referred to as "King" by the 1830s in America?

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Cotton production represented the United States' number one commodity for domestic use and export.

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Which state was admitted to the United States as the 28th state in 1845, leading to a conflict over its southern boundary that contributed to the Mexican-American War?

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Texas

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Land ceded by Mexico to the United States following the Mexican-American War. The territory included the future states of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.

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Mexican Cession

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Complex compromise devised by Senator Henry Clay admitting California as a free state, included a stronger fugitive slave law, and delayed the determination of slave state for the New Mexico and Utah territories.

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Compromise of 1850

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Law sponsored by Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas allowing popular sovereignty in the territories, effectively repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and leading to violence in the Kansas.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)