Causes of the Civil War

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The Homestead Act and grants of land to railroads were used to

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encourage settlement of the West

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In the 1840's, westward expansion was justified by a belief in: Laissez-Faire economics, Popular Sovereignty, Cultural pluralism, Manifest Destiny

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Manifest Destiny

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Which reform movement is most closely associated with William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Beecher Stowe?

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Abolition

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The information provided by the map best supports the conclusion that:
- the South’s transportation system was more efficient than the North.
- most railroads were owned and operated by the United States government.
- the transcontinental railroad linked the West and the South.
- the North had transportation advantages by the start of the Civil War.

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the North had transportation advantages by the start of the Civil War.

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Which action is most closely associated with the term Manifest Destiny?

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acquiring territory from Mexico in 1848.

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What was one result of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)?

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Sectional tension increased.

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What was the primary cause of the trends shown on the graph?
Options: closing of the western frontier, industrialization in the North and the Midwest, passage of the Homestead Act, completion of the transcontinental railroad

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industrialization in the North and the Midwest

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These photographs of 19th-century life on the Great Plains indicate that Native American Indians and white settlers adapted differently to the same environment.

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Native American Indians and white settlers adapted differently to the same environment.

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Which heading best completes the partial outline?
Options: Rise of Sectionalism, Impact of Industrialization, Examples of Religious Revivalism, Events Leading to the Mexican War

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Rise of Sectionalism

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Someone running away from their owner (slave) or from the law

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fugitive