MILESTONE 4 Exam Questions And
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Choose the combination of words that correctly completes this sentence:"The ________ was
one of several events that upended the second-party system of Whigs and Democrats and
increased the membership of the Republican Party, which dedicated itself to the principles of
________."
Missouri Compromise; equal rights
Kansas-Nebraska Act; popular sovereignty
Dred Scott decision; free labor
attack on Lawrence, Kansas; abolitionism - Answer✔Dred Scott decision; free labor
Many thought that, by ending the United States's participation in the international slave trade,
slavery would gradually diminish.
Why did slavery nonetheless continue to flourish in the South?
As slavery diminished in the North, slaveowners flooded the South with slaves they hoped to
sell while they still could.
Members of the Cherokee Nation who were exempt from U.S. law continued to import and sell
slaves on their land.
Slaves in the U.S. had comparatively high birth rates and low mortality rates, leading to natural
increase.
Southern states nullified the federal laws against the international slave trade and continued to
import slaves. - Answer✔Slaves in the U.S. had comparatively high birth rates and low mortality
rates, leading to natural increase.
Which element of Manifest Destiny is reflected in the following statement?"Westward
expansion will help solidify the economy and the United States as a nation."
Republicanism
Divine mission
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