1.4 The Sectional Crisis

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Rebecca Tessaro
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was Manifest Destiny?
the national search for a route to Washington State
the belief that all slaves should be freed immediately
the belief that America was meant to extend to the Pacific Ocean
the desire for free land in the West for settlers
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When he ran for President, James K Polk promised to annex
California and New Mexico
Texas and Oregon
California and Oregon
Texas and New Mexico
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did the war with Mexico change the United States?
The United States was forced to pay war reparations to Mexico for the damage done there.
The United States lost Texas to Mexico.
The United States lost California and was forced to purchase it.
The United States acquired more than 500,000 miles of new territory.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was popular sovereignty?
the idea that the people of Texas had the right to join the United States
The idea that Americans wanted slavery confined to the South
the idea that citizens of each territory should decide whether to slavery there.
the idea that Congress had the right to determine whether a territory would slavery
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the unintended result of the Fugitive Slave Act?
It further enraged Northerners against the institution of slavery.
It allowed Southern plantation owners to recoup damages for enslaved people who successfully escaped.
It allowed the country to reach a compromise that would keep them from war.
It provided funding to fugitive slave catchers to help the Southern economy.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What caused the crisis in Kansas that resulted in two competing state governments?
Congress's decision to delay statehood for Kansas until a compromise could be reached
the decision to allow residents to vote on whether Kansas would be a slave or free state
the admission of Kansas into the Union without mentioning slavery
Missouri's desire to annex Kansas as part of it own state
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Anger over the Kansas-Nebraska Act led to the formation of what political party?
the Whigs
the Anti-Whigs
the Republicans
the Democrats
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