The following questions refer to Map 8.3, “The Missouri Compromise, 1820–1821.”
35. The issues highlighted in the map above led most directly to
a. a truce over the issue of slavery.
b. a sequence of wars to control American Indian populations.
c. a debate about whether to expand into new territories.
d. U.S. interest in increasing foreign trade.
36. Which of the following actions or events from the middle of the nineteenth century compares most closely to the events that this map describes?
a. The Dred Scott decision
b. The Kansas-Nebraska Act
c. The U.S. victory in the Mexican-American War
d. The regional economic specialization that fueled the internal slave trade
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