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US History 1844 - 1877
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- What was the name of the idea that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?
- The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 repealed which earlier compromise that had restricted the spread of slavery?
- Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.
- Which constitutional amendment officially abolished slavery throughout the United States?
- The Dred Scott decision of 1857 ruled that African Americans who were enslaved were citizens of the United States.
- Which battle is generally considered the turning point of the Civil War, fought in July 1863 in Pennsylvania?
- The Freedmen's Bureau was established by Congress to assist formerly enslaved people and poor white Southerners after the Civil War.
- Which U.S. President's disputed election in 1876 led to the Compromise of 1877, which effectively ended Reconstruction?
- What term describes the political slogan used to justify U.S. claims to the entire Oregon Territory up to the 54°40' parallel during the 1844 presidential campaign?
- The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) ended the war between the United States and Mexico.
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