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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?
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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 2.1 Period 5: 1848-1877. In general, racial stereotyping like the minstrel show advertised above affected the national debate about race by what?
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All right, before the Civil War, the idea of Manifest Destiny
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was most complicated by which of the following issues?
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And here are your potential answers.
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[ mumbles ]
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[ mumbling continues ]
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All right, so what's this question asking?
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Well, we know that Manifest Destiny was the belief that settlers
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had a divine right to inhabit America
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from sea to shining sea.
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But there were bound to have been some bumps along the road
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that whitewashed or idealized things.
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So let's see which of the answers
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best describes the issues at hand.
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Before the Civil War, was Manifest Destiny complicated by
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A - the balance of power
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between the states and the federal government?
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Hmm. Well, remember the Northwest Ordinance?
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Well, it gave the federal government the power to
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regulate territorial expansion.
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So that balance of power had long been
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shifted in Washington D.C.'s direction.
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Was a problem for Manifest Destiny
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B - the existing treaties between
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the U.S. government and the American Indians?
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Well, you know how all the settlers believed it was their
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destiny to move west?
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Well, they also thought it was their
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destiny to ignore all existing treaties with American Indians.
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Could the issue have been D -
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the uncertainty of how new
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immigrants would assimilate into society?
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With the exception of areas on the coast
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and along major rivers,
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westward expansion didn't actually add
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a large number of new immigrants.
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That means the biggest issue with Manifest Destiny
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before the Civil War was C -
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the question of whether new territories would
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prohibit or allow slavery.
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With every new territory added to the United States,
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there was fierce debate as to whether or not
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they would allow slavery.
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Actually "fierce" might even be an understatement,
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since there were deadly skirmishes
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in the Kansas and Nebraska territories over the issue.
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So the correct answer is C.
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It turns out that Manifest Destiny
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is a little bit more complicated than running westward
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and yelling, "America!"
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at the top of your lungs. Yeah.
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Different.
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