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8178507871The Free soil party was important for this reason?It was the first anti-slavery party0
8178507872About what percent of Southerners did not own slaves at all?85-90%1
8178507873By the civil war, the most cotton plantations were located hereMississippi and Alabama2
8178507874Cotton was not good for Southern society for all of these reasons exceptIt divided southern society3
8178507875The black slave made up about this percent of southern society40%4
8178507876The section of southern society that fought the hardest to maintain slavery at the beginning of the civil war wasNon-slave owning whites (poor white trash)5
8178507877Tyler opposed the Whig policies in all of the following issues exceptNone of the above6
8178507878Which area was least in favor of the annexation of Texas by the USCanada7
8178507879The election in which the primary question was manifest destiny18448
8178507880The country with no claims to the lands of the Oregon territoryFrance9
8178507881Southern politicians believed which of the following about the political effect of cotton exceptThe US economy did not rely on cotton sales and therefore did not need the South10
8178507882The least true explanation of slave conditions in the south before the civil war would beConditions were horrible everywhere11
8178507883The least common and successful form of slave protests of slavery in the south wasSlave rebellions12
8178507884The most important religious group for the advancement of the abolitionist movement in the north after the 1830s wereUnitarians13
8178507885The least influential northern activist who only wanted to keep slavery from moving into the territories wasAbraham Lincoln14
8178507886This issue forced slavery back into congress and increased southern agitation on the slavery issue in the 1830s and 1840sTariff of 183215
8178507887Polk as president would not be described asBrilliant statesman16
8178507888Polk compromised in this area so he could concentrate his efforts during the Mexican War.Oregon17
8178507889The most important battle of the Mexican war (1846) wasBuena Vista18
8178507890The 2nd great awakening was a religious revival of the 1810s, 1820s, and 1830s which called forIncreased social consciousness and involvement19
8178507891David WilmontWrote proviso; kept slavery from territories won in the Mexican war20
8178507892Daniel WebsterSecretary of State, signed compromise of Maine21
8178507893Stephen DouglassChampion of popular sovereignty22
8178507894John C. Calhoun23
8178507895OregonSettled in a favorable compromise at the 49th parallel24
8178507896TexasEntrance into the union was very divisive25
8178507897MaineSettled peacefully by a treaty with GB&US26
8178507898Winfield ScottMost distinguished general in the Mexican war; invaded Mexico City to end war27
8178507899Zachary TaylorHero of Buena Vista28
8178507900Sam HoustonMexican war hero famous for the battle of San Jacinto29
8178507901John C. FremontWar hero that led the bear flag revolt in California30
8178507902Dorothea DixLeading abolitionist and social reformer (insane asylums)31
8178507903Wendell PhillipsGreat awakening orator and abolitionist preacher32
8178507904Denmark VeseyLeader of one of the bloodiest slave rebellions in 181133
8178507905Sojourner TruthFormer female slave and abolitionist34
8178507906Define Manifest Destiny19th century doctrine that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable, it was their divine duty.35
8178507907How did the Northern views on slavery change after 1830?The North criticized the South on their slaves because after the Second Great Awakening, the North wanted to do social action that would improve the world. Many northerners became abolitionists.36
8178507908How did cotton lead the North and South to go in different directions economically?The North was the largest cotton purchaser because of the textiles, and these profits spurred industrial growths. It diversified the economy of the North as well. In the South, cotton was the main crop that they could make a large profit from. The whole world depended on it. If it failed, the Southern economy would greatly plummet because they would have nothing else to make money off of.37
8178507909Why was Polk the most effective President of the Ante-Bellum period?Polk was for the expansion of the US under the idea of Manifest Destiny. He wanted to annex California and Texas, so the US could expand from sea to shining sea. He was also very popular with the people, and listened to new ideas.38

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