Unit 4: A Divided Nation

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Slavery became a major issue in the 1840s and 1850s because: The northern states tried to abolish slavery in the southern states, The nation was expanding to the West, The southern states demanded the end of slavery, None of these

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The nation was expanding to the West

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The Missouri Compromise, tried to settle the question of whether slavery could expand into the...

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Louisiana Purchase.

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At the time of the Missouri Compromise, there were 11 free states and 11 slave states. Where would the balance between free and slave states become unbalanced if Missouri was accepted as a slave state?

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In the Senate

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What was one of the reasons James K. Polk won the 1844 presidential election? Options: He was against removing the Native American from their land, He favored the policy of popular sovereignty in the Kansas-Nebraska territory, He was committed to fulfilling the goals of Manifest destiny., He opposed the extension of slavery west of the Mississippi

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He was committed to fulfilling the goals of Manifest destiny.

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“Fifty-Four Forty or Fight”! James Polk used as a campaign slogan when he ran for president meant....

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the U.S.would get all of Oregon Country up to the 54 ° line or the U.S. would go to war

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All were impacts of the Mexican-American War EXCEPT: It gave the US its manifest destiny, It became a training ground for the future Civil War generals, Forced decisions about new lands being free or slave states

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It united America

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What did the wilmot proviso say?

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No slavery in the new territory.

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The idea that political power belongs to the people is called_____________________, and allows the people to make decisions about who will represent them in government and what laws will be established.

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Popular Sovereignty

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The Compromise of 1850 included a new and tougher...

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Fugitive Slave Act.

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The Missouri Compromise, the compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories.

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settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories