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The Enduring Vision,
Fifth Edition
Paul S. Boyer, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Clifford E. Clark, Jr., Carleton College
et al.
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Chapter 13:
Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict, 1840-1848
- In the antebellum period, why did Irish and German immigrants generally favor
the Democratic party over the Whig party?
- Why did Polk first demand all of the Oregon Territory from Britain and then agree to a compromise? What
were the terms of that compromise?
- Why did many northern Democrats who were not abolitionists favor the Wilmot
Proviso?
- What was the platform of the Free-Soil party in the election of 1848? How
well did the party do in the election? Why was its showing significant?
- How were the clipper ships and the California gold rush related?
- How did the California gold rush bring to a head the issue of slavery in
the Far West?
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