US History - Unit 5 : Manifest Destiny

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Slavery became a major issue in the 1840s and 1850s because: The northern states tried to abolish slavery in the southern states, The nation was expanding to the West, The southern states demanded the end of slavery, None of these

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The nation was expanding to the West

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The Missouri Compromise tried to settle the question of whether slavery could expand into the...

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Louisiana Purchase.

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At the time of the Missouri Compromise, there were 11 free states and 11 slave states. Where would the balance between free and slave states become unbalanced if Missouri was accepted as a slave state?

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In the Senate

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According to the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

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Missouri

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According to the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

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Maine

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Which of the following is true about the Missouri Compromise? It was only a temporary solution, The Unorganized Territory permitted slavery, It solved all issues concerning slavery in the west

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It was only a temporary solution

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According to the Missouri Compromise, where was the Missouri Compromise line?

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36-30 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase

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What was one of the reasons James K. Polk won the 1844 presidential election? Options: He was against removing the Native American from their land, He favored the policy of popular sovereignty in the Kansas-Nebraska territory, He was committed to fulfilling the goals of Manifest destiny., He opposed the extension of slavery west of the Mississippi

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He was committed to fulfilling the goals of Manifest destiny.

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What did James Polk's campaign slogan “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight” mean?

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the U.S.would get all of Oregon Country up to the 54 ° line or the U.S. would go to war

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What was the name of the agreement reached between the United States and Great Britain which set the boundary on the 49th parallel?

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Oregon Treaty