1st - Road to the Civil War Assessment 2024

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What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

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Manifest Destiny

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What territorial acquisition doubled the size of the United States? Options: Florida Cession, Mexican Cession, Louisiana Purchase, Oregon Treaty

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Louisiana Purchase

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What act allowed the national government to require Native Americans to give up their land? Options: Indian Removal Act, Civilization Act, Manifest Destiny Act, Indian Territory Act

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Indian Removal Act

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The Missouri Compromise (1820), the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) were all efforts to

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settle disputes over the spread of slavery to western territories

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This poster from the 1850s appeared in response to the passage of the Fugitive Slave law.

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passage of the Fugitive Slave law

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What goal did the abolitionists have?

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They wanted to end slavery.

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The greater loyalty that many Americans felt towards their region rather than the country as a whole is referred to as

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sectionalism

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What was John Brown's main goal with his raid on Harper's Ferry?

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To start a major armed slave rebellion in the South

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What led to events known as "Bleeding Kansas" from 1854-1861?

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Pro and Anti slavery supporters disagreed over the vote for slavery, leading to violence

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This repealed the Missouri Compromise and removed the 36* 30' line.

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Kansas Nebraska Act