APUSH Unit 5A Quiz: Manifest Destiny & Sectional Conflict

In the first half of the 19th century, a major consequence.of United States expansionism was

• increased sectional discord, accompanied by the growing failure of compromise

• increased popular support for the Whig Party

• a large overseas market for goods manufactured in New England

• the need for a strong military to protect the newly gained territory

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

• legislation permitting the surveying of a southern transcontinental railway line

• admittance of Texas as a slave state

• passage of a tougher national fugitive slave act

• admittance of Missouri as a slave state and the establishment of the Compromise line

The idea of Manifest Destiny included all of the following beliefs EXCEPT

• The use of land for settled agriculture was preferable to its use for nomadic hunting

• God had selected America as a chosen land and people

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

• Westward expansion was both inevitable and beneficial

The Primary goal of the Republican Party in the 1850s was...

• prevent the expansion of slavery West

• to abolish slavery

• to finance a transcontinental railroad

• to provide stimulus checks to all Americans

Which of the following was the most direct catalyst for the secession of South Carolina

• the Dred Scott decision

• Lincoln's election in 1860

• John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry

• The caning of Charles Sumner