Question 1

Explain the phrase manifest destiny.What factors were most important in drawing Americans to the West, both mentally and physically?

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Question 2

Explain the issues that led to the Compromise of 1850, and describe how the Compromise was fashioned and passed.

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Question 3

Describe the "politics of slavery" as it applied to westward expansion (e.g., Texas, Mexican territories acquired by war, Kansas-Nebraska Act issues, etc.).How could this be characterized as a cause of the Civil War?

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Question 4

Explain the rise of the Republican party in the 1850s.What issues led to its development? Whom did it appeal to and why? Who opposed it and why? What factors helped the party win the presidency in 1860?

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Question 5

Why did seven southern states secede from the Union before Abraham Lincoln even took office? Explain why those states had no desire to hear his "solutions" for the nation.

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Quiz 13: Western Expansion and Southern Secession, 1830-1861

Explain the phrase manifest destiny.What factors were most important in drawing Americans to the West, both mentally and physically?

Explain the issues that led to the Compromise of 1850, and describe how the Compromise was fashioned and passed.

Describe the "politics of slavery" as it applied to westward expansion (e.g., Texas, Mexican territories acquired by war, Kansas-Nebraska Act issues, etc.).How could this be characterized as a cause of the Civil War?

Explain the rise of the Republican party in the 1850s.What issues led to its development? Whom did it appeal to and why? Who opposed it and why? What factors helped the party win the presidency in 1860?

Why did seven southern states secede from the Union before Abraham Lincoln even took office? Explain why those states had no desire to hear his "solutions" for the nation.