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A) An underlying racism justified removing or subjugating any people group in the way
of westward expansion.
B) New lands would extend the domain of free government and free enterprise.
C) Conquest of new territory would prove American military superiority.
D) America had a specially ordained mission in the world.
Question Details
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s : Understand
Learning Objective : Explain the concept of Manifest Destiny, the experience of the Mexican borderlan
Topic : Manifest Destiny
Gradable : automatic
23) Manifest Destiny was a popular national creed, but there was a long-term cost. The
sectional crisis of the 1850s was precipitated not only by the rising abolitionist movement in the
North, but also by a question raised by expansion to the West:
23) ______
A) Will the transcontinental railroad link the West to the North or to the South?
B) Will more southerners or northerners settle the West?
C) What will be the status of slavery in the new territories?
D) Will westerners tend to vote Democrat or Whig?
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Bloom’s : Remember
Topic : The Compromise of 1850
Gradable : automatic
Learning Objective : Outline the provisions of the Compromise of 1850 and how they averted crisis.
24) Three “frontiers” transformed the culture of the native plains people long before white
settlers pushed their settlement frontier west of the Mississippi River. Which of the following did
NOT contribute to this transformation of native culture on the plains?