American Westward Expansion Quiz

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What did the Emancipation Proclamation by Lincoln achieve?

  • It freed slaves in only Confederate states (correct)
  • It compensated slave owners for the loss of their slaves
  • It freed slaves in all states of the Union
  • It allowed popular sovereignty to determine the status of slavery

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?

  • It repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed popular sovereignty (correct)
  • It extended the reach of the Underground Railroad
  • It prohibited the use of conscription in Kansas and Nebraska
  • It reinforced the Missouri Compromise and abolished popular sovereignty

What was the impact of the Habeas Corpus suspension during the Civil War?

  • It granted immunity to all individuals during the Civil War
  • It ensured fair trials for all individuals accused of crimes
  • It allowed for unlawful imprisonment of individuals without judicial review (correct)
  • It extended voting rights to all citizens during the Civil War

What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad?

<p>To help runaway slaves escape to free states or Canada (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Popular Sovereignty entail?

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Manifest Destiny

  • Belief that America was meant to expand from coast to coast
  • Methods of expansion:
    • Buying land
    • War (with U.K., Mexico)
    • Taking Native Land (Settlers)
  • Key motivation: expansion for capitalism and profit

Gold Rush

  • Idea of gold in the West led to expansion and settlement
  • Resulted in taking Native Land (Settlers)

Mormons

  • Moved out west for religious freedom
  • Practiced polygamy (multiple wives)
  • Example: John Smith wanted many wives

Fugitive Slave Act of 1793

  • Escaped slaves were NOT free in the North
  • Northerners had to send back slaves, making Southerners happy and Northerners angry
  • White people could ship Black people off even if they just suspected that they’re slaves

Compromise of 1850

  • Line of latitude: South was slave-holding, North was free

American Political Parties

  • Whigs: divided over slavery
  • Democrats: pro-slavery
  • Republicans (NEW): anti-slavery

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