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Sectionalism in the United States — Unit test

Question 21 • DRHS GA-GSE US History A

In the mid-1800s, one result of Manifest Destiny was that

Answer
A
the northern boundary of the United States was set at 54°40’.
B
the United States and Great Britain went to war in 1846.
C
the nation elected a president who was a member of the Whig Party.
D
the traditional Indigenous way of life was threatened.

Explanation

Manifest Destiny encouraged U.S. expansion westward across the continent. As settlers and the government moved onto Indigenous lands, Native communities faced displacement and pressure on their traditional ways of life. The northern boundary was largely settled at the 49th parallel, and the United States fought Mexico—not Great Britain—in 1846.

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