Period 5 Review

Front

What was a significant effect of U.S. expansion during the period 1844-1877?

Back

Acquisition of new territories

Front

Which concept best describes the ideology that justified the U.S. expansion westward to the Pacific ocean during the mid-19th century?

Back

Manifest Destiny

Front

What was a major outcome of the Civil War according to the content outline? Options: Increased isolationism in U.S. foreign policy, Passage of new legislation promoting Western transportation and economic development, Decline in U.S. territorial expansion, Weakening of Southern economic structures

Back

Passage of new legislation promoting Western transportation and economic development

Front

What was a significant reason for the increase in international migrants to the United States during the 1840s and 1850s?

Back

Economic opportunities in the United States

Front

What was the primary aim of the anti-Catholic nativist movement in the United States?

Back

To limit the political power and cultural influence of new immigrants

Front

Which groups' economic self-sufficiency and cultures were most affected by U.S. government interaction and conflict in newly acquired territories?

Back

Mexican Americans and American Indians

Front

What was a major ideological difference that intensified regional divisions in the United States between 1844-1877? Options: Views on states' rights, Economic policies regarding manufacturing, Attitudes towards slavery, Immigration policies

Back

Attitudes towards slavery

Front

Which movement arose in the North as a response to the Southern economy's dependence on slave labor?

Back

Free-soil movement

Front

What was a significant outcome of Abraham Lincoln's victory in the presidential election of 1860?

Back

It resulted in the secession of most slave states from the Union

Front

Which act, along with the Dred Scott decision, failed to resolve the conflict over slavery in the territories? Options: The Emancipation Proclamation, The Kansas-Nebraska Act, The Gettysburg Address, The Mexican Cession

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act