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- The basis on which the United States annexed Texas in 1845.
- The main issues of Reconstruction after the Civil War.
- Factors leading to the war between the United States and Mexico in 1846.
- Explanation of the principal building blocks of Manifest Destiny through 1821.
- Explanation of the different categories of constitutional interpretation during the Early Republic period.
- Description of what was involved in the Compromise of 1850 during the Coming of Civil War period.
- How the Emancipation Proclamation changed the course of the Civil War during the Civil War period.
- Explanation of how the Kansas-Nebraska Act exacerbated conflict between the North and South during the Coming of Civil War period.
- Factors leading Congress to take control of Reconstruction in December 1865 and how former slaves were treated under the Congressional program of Reconstruction.
- The political objectives of the Northern states and how they could be achieved by war during the Civil War period.
- Events demonstrating the growing international involvement of the United States during the Early Republic period.
- Description of how Jackson handled the Nullification Crisis during his presidency.
- The political objectives of the Southern states and how they could be achieved by war during the Civil War period.
- Factors leading Lincoln to write the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862 during the Civil War period.
- The basis for Jackson's policy of Native American removal during his presidency.
- Three events demonstrating the establishment of government under the Constitution of 1787 during the Early Republic period.
- Factors leading to the development of the Nullification Crisis during the Jackson Presidency.
- Factors leading to the growing North/South sectionalism during the Early Republic period.
- What encouraged Americans to buy goods which would help protect U.S. industries from foreign competition?
- How does the Constitution distribute power between the president and Congress?