Which region was most opposed to high protective tariffs?
Westward Expansion and Sectionalism

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South
North
West
East
2.
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What was a major reason that slavery expanded in the South in the first half of the 1800s?
Federal government regulations favored Southern exports.
New inventions led to an increase in cotton production.
Most early textile mills were built in the South.
The federal government encouraged the importation of enslaved persons.
3.
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The cotton gin advanced the growth of the textile industry because it
reduced the time needed to plant cotton seeds.
improved the process of weaving cotton cloth.
made it possible for unskilled slaves to cultivate cotton.
provided a faster method of separating seeds from cotton fiber.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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In the 1840s, the term Manifest Destiny was used by many Americans to justify
the extension of slavery into the territories.
war with Russia over the Oregon territory.
the acquisition of colonies in Latin America.
westward expansion into lands claimed by other nations.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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In the mid-1800s, growth of the populations of California and the western territories was mainly a result of the
discovery of gold.
opening of the Panama Canal.
migration of freedmen after the Civil War.
secession of the Southern states.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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During the 1840s, abolitionists opposed annexation of new western territory because they
feared the admission of new slave states.
wanted to limit the power of the national government.
were concerned with the legal rights of Native American Indians.
supported an isolationist foreign policy.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Missouri Compromise (1820), Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) were all efforts to
end fighting between Midwestern farmers and Native American Indians.
encourage manufacturing in the West.
increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections.
settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories.
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