US History Unit 4, Quiz 1: The Emergence of Sectionalism – Flashcards
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What was the idea behind manifest destiny?
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that it was right for Americans to extend their way of life from the Atlantic to the Pacific
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Industry in America was postponed by the War of 1812.
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False
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The southern states were the only states that threatened nullification of a congressional action.
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False
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Westerners were not affected by the economic depression in 1819.
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False
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The Missouri Compromise of 1820 maintained the political balance between what two groups?
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slave states and free states
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During the time of manifest destiny, the Mexican-American War began over a dispute involving the territory of what state?
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Texas
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The six new states admitted between 1816 and 1821 allowed all men to vote.
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False
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What decision forbade slavery forever in the Louisiana Purchase north of the 36° 30' parallel?
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Missouri Compromise
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The "American System" proposed by Henry Clay was a plan to:
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gain prosperity for the nation through a protective tariff
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The first cotton-spinning mill in the United States was built by:
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Samuel Slater
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Southern planters objected to the protective tariff of 1816 because it:
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increased the cost of manufactured goods
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo resulted in:
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an agreement on the border between the United States and Mexico
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The issues that caused sectionalism to develop were:
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All of the above; economic, political, and geographical
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Roger B. Taney
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Supreme Court justice
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Robert Hayne
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supported the theory of nullification
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Stephen Austin
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led settlers into Texas
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John C. Calhoun
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vice president of the United States
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Jefferson Davis
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secretary of war in 1853
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Stephen Douglas
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advocate of popular sovereignty
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Robert E. Lee
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captured John Brown at Harper's Ferry
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John Brown
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attacked federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry
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Santa Anna
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a general in the Mexican Army
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Solomon Northrup
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black freedman sold into slavery
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The region of the country that was most opposed to the annexation of Texas was the
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Northeast
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The dispute over the Oregon boundary was between the United States and what country?
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Great Britain
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Who was the slave who sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court?
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Dred Scott
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The free state that was admitted to the Union with the Missouri Compromise was
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Maine
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The special condition Mexico stipulated for settlers in its territory was loyalty to the American government.
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False
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What was the proviso that led to the 1850 Compromise?
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Wilmot
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In the Freeport Doctrine, what man argued that slavery could be excluded from a territory if the officials did not pass laws to protect it?
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Stephen Douglas
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Squatter sovereignty led to fighting in Kansas because the squatters were on both sides of what issue?
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slavery
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The Dred Scott decision repealed what agreement?
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Missouri Compromise
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The tariff passed in 1828 greatly angered the South and was referred to as the Tariff of
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Abomination
