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25 Cards in this Set
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All of the following were reasons people moved to the west during the early 1800's except:
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a desire to work in factories.
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The president most closely associated with Manifest Destiny was
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James K. Polk
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Who was the founder of Mormonism?
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Joseph Smith
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The first American route west of the Missouri River was the
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Santa Fe Trail
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Which one of the following routes was used more by traders than by settlers moving to new homes?
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Santa Fe Trail
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Along the Santa Fe Trail a traveler would be likely to see
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Bent's Fort
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Which of the following routes was rediscovered by Jeddish Smith and was the most important trail to the west?
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Oregon Trail
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Who was the mexican president that struggled to keep control of Texas?
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
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Which of the following events occurred last?
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Zachary Taylor became the hero of Buena Vista
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Which of the following describes Texas immediately before it was annexed by the United States?
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an independent country
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Who was "the pathfinder?"
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John Charles Fremont
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The building of Sutter's Fort was most closely related to
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the start of the California gold rush.
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the compromise of 1850 did all of the following except:
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allow the admittance of Texas to the union.
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The Wilmot Proviso would have
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banned slavery in any territory taken from Mexico.
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Which of the following was a missionary in the West?
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Marcus Whitman
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All of the following describe the North in the mid-1800's except that
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it emphasized states' rights
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Immigrants to the united States in the mid-1800's were least likely to settle in
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the South
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Southerners in mid-1800's tended to
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oppose a high protective tariff.
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In 1860 slaves accounted for
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one-third of all Southerners.
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All of the following participated in the abolitionist cause except
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Stephen Douglas
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The one piece of literature that contributed most to the abolitionist cause in the years prior to the Cival War was
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Uncle Tom's cabin
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the 1854 act allowing settlers in Western lands to decide for or against slavery for themselves was indirectly responsible for
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bloodshed in Kansas.
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The new political party that formed in 1854 was the
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Republican Party.
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In 1857 the supreme court decided a very important case regarding slavery and involving
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Dred scott.
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Which of the following was a result of the Dred Scott decision?
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Chances for political compromise on the slavery issue were destroyed.
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