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Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny - Quiz 2

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Advocates of Manifest Destiny claimed the motive for territorial expansion was to?

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achieve a political balance between North and South.

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secure new resources and markets for the United States.

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extend American liberty to new territories.

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ensure that no foreign powers gained territory in North America.

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Opponents of the war with Mexico included?

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a majority of the U. S. Congress.

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pro-slavery leaders of the South.

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residents of Texas and California.

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New England abolitionists.

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On the question of Oregon?

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Polk privately favored compromise with the British.

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England did not think the issue worth a war.

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most of the border was drawn at the 49th. Parallel.

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all of these choices are correct.

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One reason for the Anglo-Texan rebellion against Mexican rule was that?

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the Mexicans opposed slavery.

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the Mexican government refused to allow the "Old Three Hundred" to purchase land.

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the Anglo-Texans wanted to break away from a government that had grown too authoritarian.

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the Anglo-Texans objected to the Mexican government's execution of Stephen Austin.

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all of these choices are correct.

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According to the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, the United States?

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gained California and New Mexico.

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forfeited all claims above the 54o 40' line.

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received $15 million from Mexico.

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prohibited slavery in Texas.

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The fate of the Donner party best illustrates?

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the hazards faced by pioneers traveling west on the Overland Trail.

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the lack of appeal of abolitionism to the majority of immigrants.

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the widespread lack of interest among Americans in Henry Clay's American System by the 1840s.

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the vicious attacks on Catholics and immigrants that took place in the 1830s and 1840s.

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The prominent issue in national politics in the 1840s was?

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the abolition of slavery.

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the temperance movement.

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the creation of a new national bank.

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the westward expansion of U. S. territory.

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women's rights.

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In the Ostend Manifesto, American diplomats called for American?

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support of the Hungarian Revolution against Austria.

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annexation of Cuba by force, if necessary.

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diplomatic relations and trade with Japan.

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annexation of the kingdom of Hawaii.

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The main issue in James K. Polk's 1844 presidential campaign was his commitment to?

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increase the tariff.

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reducing the cost of western land.

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rechartering the Bank of the United States.

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territorial expansion of the United States.

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Had it passed, the Wilmot Proviso would have?

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divided Texas into five slave states.

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prohibited slavery in any territory won from Mexico.

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extended the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific.

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given legal sanction to the doctrine of popular sovereignty.

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