Westward Expansion and Sectionalism

Why did James K. Polk win the presidential election?

• He favored popular sovereignty

• He favored Manifest Destiny

What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance?

• methods to purchase territory from foreign powers

• It established a process through which states could be added to the U.S.

Why did Northerners get upset about the Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott V Sandford?

• It upsets northerner's because it expanded slavery into new territories

• It pleased northerners because it legalized slavery in northern states

The Compromise of 1850 allowed territories to use popular sovereignty. This decision applies to the land gained from-

• Civil war

• War of 1812

• Mexican-American War

• Revolutionary War

Why did the U.S. declare war on Mexico in 1846?

• To resolve border dispute at the Rio Grande

• To respond to attacks on US merchant ships by Mexican pirates

Which pull factor accounted for much of Chinese immigration to the United States in the mid-1800s?

• An opportunity for free land in the Midwest

• The possibility of a free education

• An economic boom in the West

• The prospect of religious freedom

Which of these describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves and freedmen?

• Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law

• Members of both groups could be sold in Washington, D.C., slave markets

What was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• The 36'30 line established by the Missouri Compromise was extended south

• Kansas entered the Union as a slave state through popular sovereignty

• Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas.

The Missouri Compromise attempted to slow the spread of slavery in the West by-

• not allowing slave marriages in western states

• Banning slavery north of the 36'30' line of latitude

• placing a tax on slave-owning farmers who moved west

Senator Stephen Douglas introduced a bill with the idea of "popular sovereignty" meaning-

• residents of new territories could vote to allow slavery or not

• newly admitted states would be given American Indian names