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AP U.S. History 1.1 Period 5: 1848-1877. Which of the following groups would be most likely to support the idea of Manifest Destiny?
AP U.S. History 1.2 Period 5: 1848-1877. Before the Civil War, the idea of Manifest Destiny was most complicated by which of the following issues?
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AP U.S. History 1.4 Period 5: 1848-1877. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 marked what legislative change in the western territories?
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Okay, the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 marked
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what legislative change in the western territories?
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These things over here.
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And here are your potential answers.
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[ elephant trumpets ]
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Okay.
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What exactly is this question asking, people?
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Well, we know the Kansas-Nebraska Act
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shook things up by allowing settlers to vote on whether or not
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they wanted slavery in the newly created territories
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of Kansas and Nebraska. So let's see
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which answer best describes the ramifications
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of such a big decision.
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Did the Kansas-Nebraska Act
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A - invalidate the idea of popular sovereignty?
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Well, actually, the Act was a huge boost
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for popular sovereignty, which is the right
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to make a decision through voting.
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In fact, when the Act was passed, a huge number
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of settlers rushed into the state, hoping
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to have their say in whether Kansas would tilt towards slavery
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or toward freedom. So that knocks out A and D.
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Did the Kansas-Nebraska Act shake things up because C -
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it temporarily granted Blacks the right to vote?
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Hmm. Well, Blacks were not granted the right to vote
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until after the Civil War, so we're about
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ten years early on that one.
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Which means the Kansas-Nebraska Act's biggest legislative impact was
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B - it effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
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Well, the Missouri Compromise of 1820 forbade slavery in
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any territory north of the latitude line that marked
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the southern border of Missouri.
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This one, right here.
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But Kansas and Nebraska are both north of that line.
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And by opening the issue to a popular vote,
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the Kansas-Nebraska Act invalidated the Compromise.
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So B is the right answer.
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And that must have made Missouri pretty, well,
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Missouri-able.
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