US S1 Final Review Part 2

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What best describes the concept of Manifest Destiny?

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We should rule the continent from coast to coast

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Why didn’t the United States annex Texas immediately after it gained independence?

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There were questions dealing with the expansion of slavery

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Why would many Northern Abolitionists oppose war with Mexico?

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They feel it is a southern ploy to expand slavery

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The Louisiana Purchase had the effect of…

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Doubling the size of the U.S.

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Why did Jefferson hold reservations about the Louisiana Purchase?

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He wasn’t sure the purchase was constitutional

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Read the list and answer the question. • anger over the impressment of American sailors
• desire to end foreign interference in US-French trade
• drive to establish control over all of North America What development did these factors lead to?

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the issuing of a declaration of war against Britain in 1812

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What significant port was acquired as a result of the Louisiana Purchase?

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Port of New Orleans

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What was the effect of the reservation system and boarding schools on Native American Tribes?

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it created a generation of Native Americans who were culturally separated from earlier generations

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What act gave away millions of acres of land in the Great Plains?

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The Homestead Act of 1862

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One reason Texans rebelled against Mexico was that

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Mexico banned further immigration by Americans.