What idea did the western frontier represent to many Americans in 1864, just before the end of the Civil War?
Westward Expansion

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The promise of a new beginning for the nation.
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Which map shows the boundaries of the United States just after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
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C
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The United States acquired the Oregon Territory when —
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a treaty divided U.S. and British claims to the land
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Which quotation from this letter reveals the main reason for the surge in Irish immigration to the United States in the mid-nineteenth century? Options: “I am exceedingly well pleased at coming to this land of plenty.”, “I would advise all my friends to quit Ireland. . . .”, “What you labour for is sweetened by contentment and happiness. . . .”, “There is no failure in the potato crop. . . .”
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“There is no failure in the potato crop. . . .”
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Mormons moved from New York to the West in the early 1830s in order to
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seek out religious freedom
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What is the territory identified in the picture the U.S. acquired in 1819? Options: Florida Purchase, Thirteen Colonies, Mexican Cession, Oregon County
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Florida Purchase
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What is the territory the U.S. acquired in 1848 identified in the picture? Options: Florida Purchase, Thirteen Colonies, Mexican Cession, Oregon County
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Mexican Cession
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