USA HISTORY

THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825

JAMES MADISON AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Slaves in America used THIS as an open opportunity to ask/fight for freedom.
A
Expanding west
B
Seminole Wars
C
push for industry and trade
D
Monroe Doctrine
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -During the era of slavery, the Underground Railroad was a network of routes, places, and people that helped enslaved people in the American South escape to the North.

Detailed explanation-2: -The westward expansion of slavery was one of the most dynamic economic and social processes going on in this country. The westward expansion carried slavery down into the Southwest, into Mississippi, Alabama, crossing the Mississippi River into Louisiana. Finally, by the 1840’s, it was pouring into Texas.

Detailed explanation-3: -The war began because a compromise did not exist that could solve the difference between the free and slave states regarding the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in territories that had not yet become states.

Detailed explanation-4: -Like settlers, explorers of the American West also brought enslaved people to the frontier.

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