APUSH Ch 16 Review

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The United States gained which of the following from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848? Possession of the Philippines, An undisputed claim to Oregon, Control of the sugar trade with Cuba, Possession of California and most of the Southwest

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Possession of California and most of the Southwest

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In the first half of the nineteenth century, a major consequence of United States expansionism was

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increased sectional discord, accompanied by the growing failure of compromise

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The Wilmot Proviso specifically provided for

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the prohibition of slavery in lands acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War

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During the 1800s the most common form of resistance to slavery by slaves themselves was

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working slowly and breaking tools

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All of the following contributed to Northern fear of a slave power conspiracy in the 1840s and 1850s EXCEPT the: enforcement of a new fugitive slave law, imposition of a gag rule in the House of Representatives, decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case.

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passage of the Wilmot Proviso

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The idea of Manifest Destiny included all of the following beliefs EXCEPT: The ultimate extent of the American domain was to be from the tropics to the Arctic. The use of land for settled agriculture was preferable to its use for nomadic hunting. Westward expansion was both inevitable and beneficial.

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Commerce and industry would decline as the nation expanded its agricultural base.

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Which of the following factors best explains the territorial expansion of slavery in the middle of the nineteenth century?
Options:
The belief in Manifest Destiny encouraged settlers to move to the West.
The Mexican-American War incorporated extensive new lands into the United States.
The rise of industry in the North created more demand for raw materials such as cotton.
The growing nativist movement sought to place restrictions on new immigrants.

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The Mexican-American War incorporated extensive new lands into the United States.

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The dramatic increase in the South’s slave labor force between 1810 and 1860 was due to: an increase in the African slave trade, the importation of slaves from the West Indies, an increase in the severity of fugitive slave laws, the natural population increase of American-born slaves

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the natural population increase of American-born slaves

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Which land acquisition came as a result of the Adams-Onis treaty with Spain in 1819? Options: Florida, Texas, Louisiana Purchase, Oregon

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Florida

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Serves as the southern border of Texas.

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Rio Grande River