THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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new territory would allow for the expansion of slavery
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abolitionists wanted slavery to expand
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -James K. Polk wanted to acquire Oregon in order to fulfill Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was the belief that the United States was sanctioned by god to control North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Polk believed that the United States had a right to acquire Oregon.
Detailed explanation-2: -James K. Polk’s first State of the Union Address, on 2 December 1845, promoted the concept that the US should encompass all of North America. James Polk was the first president to vocalise the concept that the US should stretch ‘from sea to shining sea’.
Detailed explanation-3: -Polk was a strong Jacksonian Democrat and absorbed most of Jackson’s ideology. Polk opposed banks and high tariffs and supported Native American removal and the extension of slavery. Polk himself was a slaveowner and co-owned a large cotton plantation with his brother.
Detailed explanation-4: -Gold had not been discovered there yet, but Polk wanted California and its magnificent San Francisco Bay as the American gateway to trade with China and other Asian nations. Polk was worried that other nations, such as England or France, might take California if the United States did not act.