2.CE USHC Expansion and Conflict: 1803-1865

What was the primary goal of the American System proposed in 1815?

• To promote westward expansion

• To establish a national bank, improve infrastructure, and protect American industries

• To abolish slavery

• To negotiate peace with Native American tribes

How did the Missouri Compromise aim to maintain the balance of power in the United States?

• By allowing all new states to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty

• By admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state

• By banning slavery in all new territories

• By allowing slavery in all states south of the 36°30' parallel

Analyze the impact of the Monroe Doctrine on U.S. foreign policy.

• It encouraged European colonization in the Americas.

• It established the U.S. as a dominant power in the Western Hemisphere.

• It led to the immediate withdrawal of European powers from the Americas.

• It resulted in a military alliance with Britain.

What was the main purpose of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

• To integrate Native American tribes into American society

• To relocate Native American tribes to lands west of the Mississippi River

• To grant Native American tribes U.S. citizenship

• To protect Native American lands from white settlers

Evaluate the concept of Manifest Destiny and its influence on American expansion.

• It justified the annexation of foreign territories as a divine right.

• It promoted isolationism and non-intervention.

• It discouraged westward expansion due to environmental concerns.

• It led to the establishment of trade routes with Asia.

What role did popular sovereignty play in the debate over slavery in new territories?

• It allowed Congress to decide the status of slavery in new states.

• It permitted residents of a territory to vote on the legality of slavery.

• It banned slavery in all new territories.

• It required a national referendum on slavery.

Discuss the principles of the Free Soil Ideology.

• It supported the expansion of slavery into new territories.

• It advocated for the abolition of slavery in all states.

• It opposed the expansion of slavery into new territories to preserve free labor.

• It promoted the colonization of freed slaves in Africa.

What were the primary causes of the Mexican-American War?

• Disputes over the Oregon Territory

• The annexation of Texas and border disputes

• The Monroe Doctrine's enforcement

• The abolitionist movement in the U.S.

Analyze the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act on the political landscape of the United States.

• It resolved the issue of slavery in new territories peacefully.

• It led to violent conflicts known as "Bleeding Kansas."

• It strengthened the Whig Party.

• It resulted in the immediate abolition of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska.

What was the significance of the Compromise of 1850 in the context of sectional tensions?

• It permanently resolved the issue of slavery in the United States.

• It admitted California as a free state and included a stricter Fugitive Slave Law.

• It banned the slave trade in all U.S. territories.

• It led to the secession of Southern states.