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Under this idea voters in a territory could decide whether or not to allow slavery in their state

popular sovereignty

In the Lincoln-Douglas debates Douglas tried to make Lincoln appear to be

(an abolitionist)

In addition to Texas Americans were also interested in what

New Mexico Territory

The document that said slavery would not be permitted in any area won from Mexico was the

The document that said slavery was not permitted in any area won from Mexico was known as the Wilmot Proviso.

The high plateau between the coastal mountains and the Rockies is called

intermountain region

President Polk sent to try to buy California and New Mexico

John Slidell

The Louisiana Purchase included land that was located west of the Mississippi River and included how many acres of land

Over 1/2 Billion

Who led a group that opposed the idea of states rights

Daniel Webster

The United states is the second largest producer of what

The United States was the second largest producer in oil. At the end of 2013, it became the largest oil producer overtaking Saudi Arabia.

Cotton became one of the main crops in the Southern economic system and the South became known as the

it is cotton kingdom (a+answer)

The land given to the united states was called what territory-

The land that was given to the United States was known as the Indian Territory.

For who saving the union was more important than ending slavery

Daniel Webster thought that saving the Union was more important than ending slavery. Webster was a senator from Massachusetts.

The what wanted to extend the missouri copromise line all the way to the pacific

The US wanted to extend the Missouri compromise line all the way to the Pacific.

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