A) usually came with their families.
B) found themselves banned from working in the mines.
C) had aspirations similar to those of American participants.
D) more often worked as merchants than miners.
E) typically planned to remain permanently in the state.
G) A) and C)
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A) antislavery.
B) approved and later reaffirmed by Kansas voters.
C) written by Stephen Douglas.
D) twice rejected by a majority of Kansas voters.
E) rejected, then approved by Kansas voters.
G) C) and D)
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A) American settlers in California staged a revolt with the help of the United States navy.
B) victory came more easily than President Polk had anticipated.
C) President Polk considered Zachary Taylor to be his closest ally in Mexico.
D) the actual fighting was confined to Texas and Mexico.
E) President Polk tried to placate Whigs by minimizing military offensives.
G) A) and C)
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B) False
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A) remained noncommittal about American immigration into Texas.
B) consistently favored American immigration into Texas.
C) moved from favoring to opposing American immigration into Texas.
D) moved from opposing to favoring American immigration into Texas.
E) consistently opposed American immigration into Texas.
G) C) and D)
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A) entered office with very few concrete plans about what he wanted to achieve.
B) had not held any significant electoral office before becoming president.
C) opposed the occupation of Oregon.
D) helped his candidacy for office by expressing a desire to re-annex Texas.
E) was generally a pacifist, but was ultimately pushed into faster occupation of the West.
G) B) and E)
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A) as a slave state.
B) as two separate states, one slave and one free.
C) with no determination on the issue of slavery.
D) as a free state.
E) as a territory.
G) B) and D)
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A) was primarily a referendum on the leadership of John Tyler.
B) saw a northerner win the presidency.
C) was won by a Democrat.
D) was a contest between Henry Clay and Martin Van Buren.
E) was a contest between two solidly pro-expansionists.
G) D) and E)
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A) James Buchanan.
B) Abraham Lincoln.
C) John C.Frémont.
D) Stephen Douglas.
E) Millard Fillmore.
G) A) and D)
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A) faced criticism for failing to acquire all of Mexico.
B) angrily claimed that Trist had violated his instructions.
C) became concerned about the expansion of slavery into the new territories.
D) readily accepted the treaty.
E) made plans for a military occupation of Mexico City.
G) All of the above
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A) the "American way of life."
B) a "positive good."
C) likely to end in the United States within fifty years.
D) likely to be adopted by non-slave states within fifty years.
E) a "necessary evil."
G) A) and C)
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A) Douglas asserted that slavery was legal but not immoral.
B) the two men agreed that a civil war over slavery was inevitable.
C) Lincoln made his case so strongly that he was elected to the Senate.
D) Lincoln called for a full and immediate abolition of slavery.
E) Lincoln argued slavery was a threat to the growth of white free labor.
G) B) and D)
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B) False
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A) found the journey to be a very collective experience.
B) usually faced trips that lasted between two to three months.
C) experienced frequent Indian attacks, which was a leading cause of death.
D) saw men generally working harder during the trip than women.
E) rode in wagons much more than they walked on foot.
G) B) and C)
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A) former president Millard Fillmore in the running.
B) no significant third party in the field.
C) the Republicans run against the idea of internal improvements.
D) the Whig Party make a strong comeback.
E) the Democrats elect a young and forceful pro-slavery leader.
G) None of the above
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A) the Free-Soil Party endorsed the Compromise of 1850.
B) neither party endorsed the Compromise of 1850.
C) the Whigs were united.
D) the Democrats selected a war hero as their candidate.
E) the Free-Soil Party gained strength.
G) C) and D)
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