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  Who drafted the Monroe Doctrine in 1823 warning Europeans against colonial ambitions in the western hemisphere?  

  Why did John Brown’s raid fail?  

  The Wilmot Proviso firmly united the Whig party in its opposition to the expansion of slavery into the newly won Mexican territory.  

  In 1857, the Supreme Court determined that Dred Scott was not a U.S. citizen because he  

  Secretary of State Abel Upshur argued that slavery helped to unite the nation because slavery  

  James K. Polk intended to expand the nation and hoped to include all the following territories in the United States EXCEPT  

  Which statement regarding the railroad industry after the Civil War is NOT true?  

  Why was the presidential election of 1800 particularly important to U.S. history?  

  Although elected on a Whig ticket, John Tyler disagreed with Whig policy. What was one of the few things upon which Tyler and the Whigs agreed?  

  Why were abolitionists deemed a menace even by some northerners?