Manifest Destiny & Sectionalism

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Why was the annexation of Texas delayed?

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Worry about adding Texas as a slave state, Annexing Texas would lead to a war with Mexico, There would be imbalance of slave states and free states.

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The Mexican-American war was a direct result of manifest Destiny (US acquiring more land)

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TRUE

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How did the slavery issue get tied up with the idea of Manifest Destiny in the 1840s and 50s?

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Americans did not know if slavery would be allowed in the new territories.

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What did the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the annexation of Texas in 1845, and the U.S.-Mexican War of 1846 have in common?

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They all increased the territory of the United States.

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What territory first allowed the United States to reach the Pacific Ocean? Options: Texas Annexation, Oregon Treaty, Louisiana Purchase, Gadsden Purchase

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Oregon Treaty

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What caused the huge population expansion in California between 1848 and 1852? Options: Gold was found, Fresh water was found, War with Native-Americans, farmers moved there to grow their crops.

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Gold was found.

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Texans fought for independence against what country?

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Mexico

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Oregon Trail

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a route used during the US migration westward

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An 1854 decision that allowed the new states of Nebraska and Kansas to decide the issue of slavery in their states through popular sovereignty.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Fighting that occurred over whether to enter the Union as a free state or as a slave state.

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Bleeding Kansas