Chapter 1 lesson 4

Chapter 1 lesson 4

By Richard Orton

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​Manifest Destiny

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Open Ended

Explaining

How did the results of the war with Mexico help fulfill what many Americans saw as their country’s Manifest Destiny?

Multiple Choice

What was Manifest Destiny?

•  A.the national search for a route to Washington State

•  B.the belief that all slaves should be freed immediately

   

• C.the belief that America was meant to extend to the Pacific Ocean

   

• D.the desire for free land in the West for settlers

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​Slavery and Westward Expansion

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Draw

Draw a line around the area of the united states won in the war with Mexico?

Multiple Choice

What was popular sovereignty?

• A.the idea that the people of Texas had the right to join the United States

•  B.the idea that Americans wanted slavery to confined to the South

   

• C.the idea that citizens of each territory should decide whether to allow slavery there

   

• D.the idea that Congress had the right to determine whether a territory would allow slavery

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​The Union Dissolves

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Open Ended

Explaining

Why did Lincoln’s election trigger the secession of the Southern states?

Multiple Choice

What factor allowed Abraham Lincoln to win the presidential election in 1860?

• A.Lincoln's ability to win Southern voters

•  B.the division in the Democratic Party between North and South

   

• C.the Dred Scott decision

   

• D.the repeal of the Kansas-Nebraska Act