Period 5 Review

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

• Decrease in international trade

• Acquisition of new territories

• Reduction in economic development

• Decrease in cultural interactions

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

• Gold Rush

• Manifest Destiny

• Monroe Doctrine

• American Exceptionalism

What was a major outcome of the Civil War according to the content outline?

• 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

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

• Economic opportunities in the United States

• Political instability in the United States

• Decreased opportunities in Europe and Asia

• Expansionist policies of neighboring countries

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

• To promote religious freedom

• To limit the political power and cultural influence of new immigrants

• To support economic growth

• To enhance international relations

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

• Mexican Americans and American Indians

• International migrants from Ireland and Germany

• African American and white abolitionists

• Defenders of slavery

What was a major ideological difference that intensified regional divisions in the United States between 1844-1877?

• Views on states' rights

• Economic policies regarding manufacturing

• Attitudes towards slavery

• Immigration policies

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

• Free-soil movement

• Nativist movement

• Abolitionist movement

• Labor rights movement

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

• It led to the formation of the Democratic Party

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

• It resolved the debates over slavery in the territories

• It initiated the Kansas-Nebraska Act

Which act, along with the Dred Scott decision, failed to resolve the conflict over slavery in the territories?

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Gettysburg Address

• The Mexican Cession