US History Miterm

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Which of these BEST describes the belief of "Manifest Destiny"? Options: the belief that the U.S. should send astronauts to the moon, the belief that the U.S. should occupy all lands between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the belief that slavery in the U.S. was a state issue, the belief that the U.S. should prevent European military activity in the hemisphere

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the belief that the U.S. should occupy all lands between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

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Which of the following was a belief held by John Brown (1800–1859)? Individual states should decide whether to allow slavery. Abolitionists should work for gradual change. The South should work to diversify its economic base. Slavery should be abolished by violent means.

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Slavery should be abolished by violent means.

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When the admission of new states threatened the balance of free and slave states in the Union, which Kentucky Senator drew up the "Missouri Compromise" in 1820?

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Henry Clay

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Early in his Presidency, Abraham Lincoln declared that his primary goal as President was to

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preserve the Union.

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What was the PRIMARY cause of the Mexican-American War?

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Arguments over the border of Texas and the land between the Nueces and Rio Grande

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The fighting in Kansas Territory known as Bleeding Kansas was caused by...

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act

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What was the outcome of the Dred Scott decision in the Supreme Court?

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It allowed slavery in all territories of the United States, overriding popular sovereignty.

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What does popular sovereignty mean?

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The issue would be voted on by the people of the territory.

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Which is an outcome of the war of 1812?

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The Americans felt a sense of pride that they held their own against a major world power

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As proclaimed by Monroe in his message of 1823, the Monroe Doctrine asserted that

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the United States would not tolerate further European intervention or colonization in the Americas.