UNIT 2 ASSESSMENT (2025)

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The Louisiana Purchase allowed the country to expand its territory

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west of the Mississippi River.

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How could the economies of the Northern and Southern sections of the country be described?

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The North was more industrial, while the South was more agricultural.

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As part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the United States

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paid millions of dollars to Mexico.

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What issue arose between Mexico and the United States after Texas joined the Union in 1845?

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a dispute about the exact location of Texas’s southwestern border

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What was the purpose of the Indian Removal Act?

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to give settlers access to Native American territory

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Many Americans opposed the war with Mexico because: they feared Spain would come to the aid of Mexico, they felt the war went against ideas of Manifest Destiny, they thought the war was unwinnable, they viewed it as an excuse to spread slavery

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they viewed it as an excuse to spread slavery

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Abolitionists believed that

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all enslaved African Americans should be immediately freed.

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What was the role of Manifest Destiny in western settlement?

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It made many Americans believe they should settle western lands because it was God’s plan for the United States to expand.

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How is President Polk justifying American expansion?

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By suggesting that the United States had a divine mission to spread democracy and liberty.

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Which of the following territorial expansions was a result of Manifest Destiny? Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Texas

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Texas