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Westward Expansion and Sectionalism Review KEY
Westward Expansion and Sectionalism Review KEY
Westward Expansion and Sectionalism Review KEY
The belief that Americans were fated or destined to expand borders to the Pacific Ocean
United States
Original 13 Colonies
Louisiana Purchase
Oregon Country
Florida
British Territory
Texas Annexation
Mexican Cession
Gadsden Purchase
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6. What climate and geographical features contributed to the development of the plantation
system in the South?
9. How was the issue of slavery decided in the land acquired in the Mexican Cession?
11. What river did Texas and President Polk regard as the Texas-Mexico border?
Rio Grande
The belief that your part of the country is the BEST. You put your part of the country’s needs in
front of what is best for the WHOLE nation. The regions are South, North, and West.
Agricultural, farming
Missouri as Slave state, Maine as free state, No slavery above 36’30 line
17. Why would southern states find it so important to keep a balance of slave states and free
states?
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18. What was the impact of The Missouri Compromise on the issue of slavery?
Slavery was limited to below the line and in Missouri. It was a temporary fix that lasted for 30
years
California as free state, Mexican Cession split into New Mexico and Utah having popular
sovereignty, DC slave trade is closed, Stricter Fugitive Slave Law
20. What was the impact of The Compromise of 1850 on the issue of slavery?
It upset the Northerners because they felt like they were being forced to participate in slavery
with the Fugitive Slave Law. Many abolitionists did not like how slavery was spreading through
the west
21. What elements of The Compromise of 1850 did the North favor? What elements of The
Compromise of 1850 did the South favor?
Louisiana Territory was split into Kansas and Nebraska having popular sovereignty
24. Why did a newspaper columnist refer to the Kansas Territory as “Bleeding Kansas”?
Many people were killing, protesting, and burning buildings. It was pretty chaotic
Slave who fought for his freedom and his case went to the Supreme Court known as one of the
most significant cases in American history, Dred Scott v. Sandford
26. What were the THREE main points in the Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford?
Dred Scott was a slave, not a citizen, so he cannot sue through the court
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27. What was the northern reaction to the Dred Scott ruling? What was the southern reactions to
the Dred Scott ruling?
North—was appalled at the ruling and many became abolitionists because of this ruling
South—Rejoiced at the ruling because slavery was now free to spread
28. Who was John Brown?
29. What was his impact on the riots in the Kansas Territory?
John Brown wanted to get control of an arsenal to give weapons to slaves for revolts
31. What was the northern reaction to the hanging of John Brown? What was the southern reaction
to the hanging of John Brown?
North—He was a hero and a martyr
South—He was a villain, killing innocent men, women, and children; they started creating
militias to protect themselves
32. How was the Republican Party formed in the 1850’s?
A group of Free-Soilers, Northern Democrat, and Antislavery Whigs joined together to create
this new party
34. What was the reaction in both the north and the south to the formation of this new party?
North was glad to have a political party which wanted to deal with the issue of slavery. South
called them Radical Republicans and thought their ideas were crazy and too extreme.