Manifest Destiny

Which of the following best replaces the question mark in the diagram above?  

• Former Mexican territory
• Dependent on slavery
• Settled by Mormons
• Large coal deposits

Resolved, That our title to the whole of the Territory of Oregon, and that the re-occupation of Oregon and the re-annexation of Texas —Democratic Party Platform of 1844
**THIS EXCERPT PROVIDES EVIDENCE THAT IN  1844 DEMOCRATS SUPPORTED—

• federal financing of transportation systems in the West
• making Manifest Destiny an official federal policy
• social Darwinism as a justification for expansion
• prohibiting the expansion of slavery into new areas of the United States

What was one major impact of this novel? 

• The profits from book sales funded early labor organizations. 
• Congress was inspired to pass laws outlawing the abuse of slaves.
• The Supreme Court overturned fugitive slave laws.
• Support grew for the abolitionist movement.

Which of the following reversed the Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford?  

•  The Dawes Act 
• The Fourteenth Amendment
• The Compromise of 1877 
• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

Which of these best completes the diagram? 

• California
• Nevada
•  Texas
• Florida

Which of the following was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?  

• Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas.
• Kansas entered the Union as a slave state through popular sovereignty in 1856.
• Nebraskan settlers who supported abolition moved to Kansas. 
• The boundary established by the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was extended farther south.

The Bessemer steel process affected westward expansion in the United States by enabling —  

• clipper ships to be built in order to transport passengers from the East Coast to the West Coast
• interstate canal systems to be built in order to transport agricultural goods from west to east 
•  Conestoga wagons to be built in order to carry people and goods to the West 
• railroads to be built in order to carry people and goods to the West

The growth of railroads during the nineteenth century affected U.S. businesses by — 

• discouraging Congress from instituting tariffs 
•  increasing the cost of raw materials 
• decreasing the wages of unskilled workers
• opening new markets for goods

Why did the economies of western territories develop so differently from the economies of the Northeast and South? 

• Western territories had limited land and a large immigrant population. 
• Western territories had natural harbors and many navigable rivers.
• Western territories had rocky soil and a large supply of slave labor. 
• Western territories had inexpensive land and abundant natural resources.

The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use popular sovereignty to determine whether the territory would be free or slave. This decision applied to much of the land gained from the —  

• Revolutionary War 
• War of 1812
• U.S.-Mexican War
• Civil War