period 5 APUSH

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Winthrop’s position about territory in Oregon was based primarily on his desire to

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obtain more land for settlers

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Which historical development illustrates the fulfillment of Winthrop’s argument? Options: Polk negotiated a compromise with the British over Oregon. Polk went to war to obtain the whole of Oregon from Great Britain. Polk called a meeting in Baltimore to discuss annexation of Oregon. Polk asked foreign countries to arbitrate the Oregon dispute.

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Polk negotiated a compromise with the British over Oregon.

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Why was the period of expansion between 1842 and 1853 so significant to the development of the United States?

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The United States established borders that still exist today.

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The acquisitions of land in the West before 1845 were similar to land acquisitions after 1845 because they both were motivated by the controversial desire to

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expand the institution of slavery

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Which territory did the United States gain most directly by going to war? Options: Louisiana Purchase, Texas Annexation, Oregon Country, Mexican Cession

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Mexican Cession

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To which politician or politicians was Clay directing the last line of the second excerpt? Options: Southerners who were threatening to secede, Senators such as Daniel Webster who rejected any compromise, Advocates of popular sovereignty, The president, Zachary Taylor

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Southerners who were threatening to secede

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The provision of the Compromise of 1850 that appealed most to advocates for slavery was the one regarding the features of a new Fugitive Slave Law.

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the features of a new Fugitive Slave Law

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The industrial resources of the North during the Civil War most likely accounted for which of the following? Options: The Southern reliance on cotton production and export, along with the system of enslaved labor; The Confederate strategy that focused on the western theater of operations during the war; The willingness of African Americans to fight for the Union cause in the conflict; The disadvantage of the Confederacy in access to arms, munitions, and other supplies

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The disadvantage of the Confederacy in access to arms, munitions, and other supplies

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Which of the following groups would most likely have supported secession from the United States after the 1860 presidential election? Northern abolitionists, Members of the Free Soil Party, Southern Democrats, Northern Democrats

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Southern Democrats

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The Fourteenth Amendment emerged from which of the following contexts? Abolitionists’ fears that African Americans would be barred from voting, Expectations that formerly enslaved people would run for political office, Republican concerns that African Americans would be denied citizenship rights, Former Confederate leaders’ support for multiple new amendments to the Constitution

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Republican concerns that African Americans would be denied citizenship rights