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Question:
Transcontinental Railroad
Answer:
Completed in 1869 at Promontory, Utah, it linked the eastern railroad system with California's
railroad system, revolutionizing transportation in the west.
Question:
Gadsden Purchase
Answer:
(1853) U.S. purchase of land by James Gadsden from Mexico that included the southern parts of
present-day Arizona and New Mexico for $10 million; set the current borders of the contiguous
United States.
Question:
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Answer:
1854 - This act created the two states, Kansas and Nebraska, repealed the Missouri Compromise
and established a doctrine of congressional nonintervention in the territories. Popular sovereignty
(vote of the people) would determine whether Kansas and Nebraska would be slave or free
states.
Question:
Consequences of Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Answer:
It became law with the unanimous support of the South and the partial support of northern
democrats. It produced many immediate, sweeping and ominous political consequences.
1
, Question:
1. Destruction of the Whig Party
Answer:
The act divided and destroyed them.
Question:
2. Split in Democrat Party
Answer:
many of whom were appalled at the repeal of the Missouri Compromise and drove many of them
from the group.
Question:
3. Creation of Republican Party
Answer:
formed by people who opposed Douglas's bill began calling themselves Anit-Nebraska
Democrats and Anti-Nebraska Whigs. They formed the republican party. They opposed the
expansion of slavery in territories. Northern Route for transcontinental railroad. High tariffs,
Homestead Act.
Question:
4. Bleeding Kansas
Answer:
(1856) a series of violent fights between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces in Kansas who had
moved to Kansas to try to influence the decision of whether or not Kansas would a slave state or
a free state.
Question:
Border ruffians
Answer:
pro-slavery Missourians who traveled in armed groups to vote in Kansas' election during the
mid-1850's, in order to make it a pro-slavery government.
Question:
John Brown- Pottawatomie Massacre
Answer:
2
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AMH 2010 Chapter 13 Questions with Complete Solutions 100%
Verified | Latest Update Graded A+
Question:
Transcontinental Railroad
Answer:
Completed in 1869 at Promontory, Utah, it linked the eastern railroad system with California's
railroad system, revolutionizing transportation in the west.
Question:
Gadsden Purchase
Answer:
(1853) U.S. purchase of land by James Gadsden from Mexico that included the southern parts of
present-day Arizona and New Mexico for $10 million; set the current borders of the contiguous
United States.
Question:
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Answer:
1854 - This act created the two states, Kansas and Nebraska, repealed the Missouri Compromise
and established a doctrine of congressional nonintervention in the territories. Popular sovereignty
(vote of the people) would determine whether Kansas and Nebraska would be slave or free
states.
Question:
Consequences of Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Answer:
It became law with the unanimous support of the South and the partial support of northern
democrats. It produced many immediate, sweeping and ominous political consequences.
1
, Question:
1. Destruction of the Whig Party
Answer:
The act divided and destroyed them.
Question:
2. Split in Democrat Party
Answer:
many of whom were appalled at the repeal of the Missouri Compromise and drove many of them
from the group.
Question:
3. Creation of Republican Party
Answer:
formed by people who opposed Douglas's bill began calling themselves Anit-Nebraska
Democrats and Anti-Nebraska Whigs. They formed the republican party. They opposed the
expansion of slavery in territories. Northern Route for transcontinental railroad. High tariffs,
Homestead Act.
Question:
4. Bleeding Kansas
Answer:
(1856) a series of violent fights between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces in Kansas who had
moved to Kansas to try to influence the decision of whether or not Kansas would a slave state or
a free state.
Question:
Border ruffians
Answer:
pro-slavery Missourians who traveled in armed groups to vote in Kansas' election during the
mid-1850's, in order to make it a pro-slavery government.
Question:
John Brown- Pottawatomie Massacre
Answer:
2
