SAT II US History : Facts and Details in U.S. Political History from 1790 to 1898
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Example Question #402 : Sat Subject Test In United States History
Nicknamed the "Bloodhound Law," the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 declared what?
All runaway slaves, at their capture, were to be returned to their masters.
All fugitive slaves, upon capture, were responsible for paying for the services of the bloodhounds that tracked them; this typically meant laboring for their debt.
All freed slaves were to be returned to slavery when convicted of a crime.
All fugitive slaves that made their way to Canada could petition the state from which they escaped for the release of their family.
All escaping slaves that made their way into a Free State were to be considered free.
All runaway slaves, at their capture, were to be returned to their masters.
As part of the Compromise of 1850, all runaway slaves, at their capture, were to be returned to their masters. Abolitionists called it the "Bloodhound Law" because of the bloodhounds used in the barbaric hunt.
Example Question #403 : Sat Subject Test In United States History
Which famous Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?
The Sixth Amendment
The Twenty-First Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment
The Fifth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment
Adopted on December 6th, 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery and forced servitude. It was one of three Reconstruction Amendments following the Civil War.
Example Question #404 : Sat Subject Test In United States History
This is the oldest still-standing political party in the United States, founded in the 1830s by Martin van Buren and Andrew Jackson from former members of the Democratic-Republican Party.
The Republican Party
The Libertarian Party
The Democratic Party
The Progressive Party
The Whig Party
The Democratic Party
The eighth President of the United States, Martin van Buren, was instrumental in founding the Democratic Party, the oldest current party in the country.
Example Question #405 : Sat Subject Test In United States History
The Indian Removal Act was passed during the administration of which President?
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Martin Van Buren
Andrew Jackson
During the time of Washington, then Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans, the rights of “civilized” Native American organizations to remain effectively autonomous within the United States was guaranteed and upheld; however, when Andrew Jackson came into the Presidency he sought to undo this trend. In a speech in 1829 he argued for the removal of Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi. The plan was met with general support by the American public, particularly those in the South, who desired bountiful Indian farming land. Jackson was notably opposed by Christian missionaries and a young Abraham Lincoln. Nevertheless, the bill passed Congress in 1830, and for the next two decades Native American groups all along the Eastern Seaboard were evicted from their lands and forced to migrate westwards.
Example Question #406 : Sat Subject Test In United States History
Which U.S. Constitutional Amendment, ratified on February 3rd, 1870, gave black men the right to vote?
The Fifteenth Amendment
The Twenty-First Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment
The Thriteenth Amendment
The Eighth Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment
Although the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, it was the Fifteenth Amendment that gave black men the right to vote. All women did not receive the right to vote until 1920 with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment.
Example Question #68 : U.S. Political History
In 1876, at the Little Big Horn River in Montana, which Native-American leader led his Sioux warriors in victory against Lt. Col. George A. Custer?
Geronimo
Spotted Tail
Inkpaduta
Encouraging Bear
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull defeated Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn.
Example Question #407 : Sat Subject Test In United States History
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
The preceding text is which Amendment to the United States Constitution?
The Fifth Amendment
The First Amendment
The Third Amendment
The Seventh Amendment
The Second Amendment
The First Amendment
The preceding text is the First Amendment to the United States Constitution adopted on December 15th, 1791.
Example Question #408 : Sat Subject Test In United States History
From 1865 to 1872, this U.S. government agency was responsible for assisting recently freed slaves.
The Department for Ex-Slaves
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The Freedmen's Bureau
The Bureau for Reconstruction
The Underground Railroad
The Freedmen's Bureau
From 1865 to 1872, the Freedmen's Bureau was responsible for assisting recently freed slaves. Its full name was The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.
Example Question #71 : U.S. Political History
Which United States Amendment abolished slavery?
Fifteenth
Eleventh
Thirteenth
Fourteenth
Eighteenth
Thirteenth
The Thirteenth Amendment was one of three amendments passed immediately following the Civil War. Collectively these three amendments are called the Reconstruction Amendments. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery; the Fourteenth Amendment addresses and guarantees citizenship rights and equal protection regardless of race; the Fifteenth Amendment prohibits the Federal and (crucially) State governments from denying the right to vote for reasons of race.
Example Question #72 : U.S. Political History
Who was the ninth President of the United States, who died in office from pneumonia complications after having served only 32 days?
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Martin van Buren
Zachary Taylor
William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison
The ninth President of the United States who died in office from pneumonia complications after having served only 32 days was William Henry Harrison. Harrison was, until Ronald Reagan, also the oldest person ever to assume the office of President.
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