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The doctrine of popular sovereignty, as embraced in the mid nineteenth century, is best defined as
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giving the people of a territory or state the right to decide the slavery issue for themselves.
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Who were the Free-Soilers?
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A northern-based political party that supported the Wilmot Provisio and banning slavery in the territories.
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Which of these statements is NOT true about the California old rush of 1849?
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It made many "forty-niners" rich.
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The Underground Railroad is best defined as
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a network of safe places that hid runaway slaves on their journey to freedom.
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Which of these arguments was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850, which kept the Union together?
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Slavery was abolished in the District of Colombia.
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The fugitive slave law of 1850 was hated in the North for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that
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southerners could require compensation from the federal government for runaway salves that were not found.
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What was the major significance of the presidential election of 1852?
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It marked the beginning of the end for the Whig party.
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The United States and New Grenada (Colombia) signed a vital treaty in 1848 that
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gave the United States the right to travel across the isthmus in exchange for its military neutrality.
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What made the Ostend Manifesto so controversial?
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It was a secret plan to buy, or take, Cuba by the United States.
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The importance of the Treaty of Wanghia (1844) was that it
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was the first formal treaty and trade agreement between China and the United States.
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Why was the Gadsden Purchase such a contentious issue?
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It furthered southern designs on locating a continental railroad there.
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The main push behind discussions about building a transcontinental railroad in the mid-1800s was the
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goal of connecting the Pacific Coast territories with the rest of the nation.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act heighten sectional tensions between the north and south in all of the follow was EXCEPT that it
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led to further enforcement of the fugitive slave act in the north
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Which of the following is NOT a true statement about the rise of the Republican Party in the mid-1850s?
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The bulwark of its support was below the Mason-Dixon Line.
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All of the following indicate that the idea of manifest destiny would extend beyond the North American continent EXCEPT
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the Gadsden Purchase.
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Why was the Compromise of 1850 a great feat in American political history?
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Great statesmen worked within the system, creating separate legislation that together became the compromise.
