Period 5 Review

What was the primary goal of Manifest Destiny in the context of western expansion?

• To determine whether new states would be free or slave states

• To provide religious refuge for settlers

• To establish trade routes with Asia

• To expand the United States from coast to coast

Which war is considered the first unpopular war in American history?

• The Revolutionary War

• World War I

• The Mexican-American War

• The Civil War

What was the significance of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• It abolished slavery

• It initiated the Mexican-American War

• It led to the concept of popular sovereignty

• It ended the Civil War

What was a major outcome of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• It granted citizenship to all African Americans

• It immediately freed all slaves in the United States

• It declared the freedom of slaves in Confederate states

• It ended the Civil War

Which amendments are collectively known as the Reconstruction Amendments?

• 5th, 6th, and 7th Amendments

• 10th, 11th, and 12th Amendments

• 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Amendments

• 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments