Sectionalism in the United States — Unit test

Question 1

In the mid-1800s, one result of Manifest Destiny was that

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the traditional Indigenous way of life was threatened.

Question 2

The march of Cherokee resistors to the West is known as

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the Trail of Tears.

Question 3

The introduction of the cotton gin meant that enslaved workers on Southern plantations no longer had to

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pick cotton seeds.

Question 4

Which statement best explains how the idea of Manifest Destiny lead to the Mexican-American War?

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Mexico was a barrier to achieving what many believed was America’s destiny to expand to the Pacific.

Question 5

Why was Dred Scott important?

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He was a slave who argued he was free.

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