Manifest Destiny

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Manifest Destiny was used to justify an American desire to

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expand the United States to the Pacific Ocean

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The foreign policies of President James Polk involving Texas, California, and the Oregon Territory were all efforts to

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fulfill the goal of Manifest Destiny

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Which famous overland route was used by migrants to the West during the westward expansion?

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Oregon Trail

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During the 1840s, abolitionists opposed annexation of new western territory because they feared the admission of new slave states.

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feared the admission of new slave states

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The Mexican-American War (1846–1848) resulted in

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the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ceding vast territories to the U.S.

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The Wilmot Proviso attempted to

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ban slavery in all new territories gained from the Mexican-American War

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The California Gold Rush of 1849 led to all of the following EXCEPT: rapid population growth in California, admission of California as a free state, increased tensions over slavery in the West.

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widespread equality for all prospectors

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In the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, popular sovereignty was proposed as a way to: allow northern states the power to ban slavery, deny southern states the legal right to own slaves, allow settlers in new territories to vote on the issue of slavery, overturn previous Supreme Court decisions on slavery

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allow settlers in new territories to vote on the issue of slavery

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In what way did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 impact the abolition movement?

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It strengthened the Underground Railroad as abolitionists increased their efforts.

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The Underground Railroad was

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a network of safe houses and routes used to help enslaved people escape to freedom