APUSH Semester Review

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Historians have argued that all of the following were causes of the Civil War EXCEPT: the clash of economic interests between agrarian and industrializing regions, the actions of irresponsible politicians and agitators in the North and the South, differences over the morality and future of slavery, a constitutional crisis pitting states’ rights against federal power.

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the growing power of poor Southern Whites who resisted planter dominance and sought to abolish slavery

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The most controversial and divisive component of the Compromise of 1850 was the

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passage of a tougher national fugitive slave act

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Which of the following statement about the Dred Scott decision is correct? It recognized the power of Congress to prohibit slavery in the territories, but refused on technical grounds to free Scott., It stated that Black people were not citizens of the United States., It upheld the constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise., It upheld the principle of popular sovereignty., It freed Scott, but not other slaves in circumstances similar to Scott’s.

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It stated that Black people were not citizens of the United States.

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Which of the following factors best explains the territorial expansion of slavery in the middle of the nineteenth century? The belief in Manifest Destiny encouraged settlers to move to the West, The Mexican-American War incorporated extensive new lands into the United States, The rise of industry in the North created more demand for raw materials such as cotton., The growing nativist movement sought to place restrictions on new immigrants

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The Mexican-American War incorporated extensive new lands into the United States

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Which of the following would most likely have opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act? A Missouri slaveholder, A midwestern investor in a Pacific-to-Chicago railroad line, A Southern supporter of popular sovereignty, A New England abolitionist

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A New England abolitionist

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The 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act instituted popular sovereignty to

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allow people living in a territory to determine whether slavery should be permitted there

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In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected president on a Republican platform that advocated all of the following EXCEPT: higher protective tariffs, government subsidies for a transcontinental railroad, free western land for settlers who would live and work on it, the exclusion of slavery from United States territorial possessions, the abolition of slavery throughout the United States.

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the abolition of slavery throughout the United States

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The idea of Manifest Destiny included all of the following beliefs EXCEPT: Commerce and industry would decline as the nation expanded its agricultural base.

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Commerce and industry would decline as the nation expanded its agricultural base.

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A significant result of the Mexican-American War of 1846–1848 was that the United States

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experienced increasing tension over the issue of slavery

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Which of the following best describes the position on slavery of most northerners during the sectional crises of the 1850s? Options: They were willing to accept slavery where it existed but opposed further expansion to the territories., They were active supporters of complete abolition, They favored continued importation of slaves from Africa, They advocated expansion of the slave system to provide cheap labor for northern factories

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They were willing to accept slavery where it existed but opposed further expansion to the territories.