What were the most important differences between America in 1800 and America in 1850? How did these differences contribute to the growing sectional divide?

What will be an ideal response?


Key Points: population; wealth; literature; territory; cultural criticism; growing regional differences

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When did interest in the United States in settling in the Oregon Territory begin to grow significantly, requiring the United States to negotiate with Britain over the final Oregon boundary?

A) the 1820s B) the mid-1830s C) the mid-1840s D) the 1810s

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Which statement about the attack on Pearl Harbor is true?

A) The attack left the United States with no naval carriers in the Pacific. B) Japan destroyed all of the oil storage tanks at Pearl Harbor. C) Diplomatic exchanges with Japan continued until the eve of the attack. D) Even after the attack, many in Congress voted against a declaration of war. E) Britain allowed the attack to occur to bring the United States into the war.

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During the American Revolution, the Iroquois Confederacy officially

A. declared its neutrality. B. disbanded and withdrew to the west. C. allied itself with the colonists. D. allied itself with the British. E. refused to ally with either combatant until France entered the war.

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One example of an emerging black community in the North was __________

A) the Bowery in Lower Manhattan B) Baltimore Heights C) the small towns near the future site of Washington, D.C. D) South Boston

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