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Example Question #132 : U.S. Political History
All of the following were consequences of the Battle of Antietam except _________________.
the Union victory helped to prevent the recognition of the Confederate States of America by Great Britain and France
the Confederate invasion of Maryland was repulsed.
General George McClellan was replaced as head of the Army of the Potomac by President Lincoln
the Union victory gave President Lincoln the political opening to put forth the Emancipation Proclamation
the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to the Army of the Potomac
the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to the Army of the Potomac
Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was defeated in the Battle of Antietam; however, it was able to escape back into Virginia after the battle. It did not surrender to the Union Army until April 1865 during the Appomattox Campaign.
Example Question #471 : Sat Subject Test In United States History
What were the Black Codes?
Punishments doled out to Union soldiers for infractions such as desertion and dereliction of duty
A series of laws passed by ex-Confederate states in 1865 that severely restricted the rights and freedoms of freedmen and women
Rules and regulations for the treatment of slaves
Regulations that applied specifically to African American Union soldiers
Regulations that dealt with the punishment for Confederate sailors
A series of laws passed by ex-Confederate states in 1865 that severely restricted the rights and freedoms of freedmen and women
The Black Codes were laws passed by Southern states in the immediate months after the Civil War ended. The intention behind them was to force freedmen into a labor system that was virtually the same as slavery. For example, a law passed in Mississippi stated that authorities could take children away from parents who allegedly could not support them. The children would then be "apprenticed" to their former slave masters who could perform corporal punishment on them. Outrage over the Black Codes in the North led to increased support for the policies of the Radical Republicans.
Example Question #472 : Sat Subject Test In United States History
The main consequence of the Homestead Act was _________________.
veterans of the Union Army were given funds to construct homes
women were given the right to vote in all federal elections
slavery was abolished in the United States
Union soldiers were allowed to vote in the 1864 presidential election.
millions of acres in the Western United States were opened up for the creation of small farms
millions of acres in the Western United States were opened up for the creation of small farms
The 1862 Homestead Act was passed to encourage settlement in the Western United States by small farmers. It encouraged the widespread migration of Americans to the West after the Civil War. It also led to increased conflicts between the Federal Government and Native groups like the Lakota.
Example Question #473 : Sat Subject Test In United States History
The 1863 Battle of Vicksburg was significant because ___________________.
it gave the Union forces complete control over the Mississippi River
it led to the fall of Memphis to the Union forces
it led to the fall of New Orleans to the Union Forces
it allowed General Sherman to begin his march to the sea
it foiled the Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania
it gave the Union forces complete control over the Mississippi River
By 1863 Vicksburg, Mississippi was the last city along the Mississippi River that was still under the control of the Confederate forces. It's capture by Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant gave the Union complete control over the Mississippi and cut off Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana from the rest of the Confederacy.
Example Question #474 : Sat Subject Test In United States History
All of the following events helped lead to the American Civil War except __________________.
the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia
the election of Abraham Lincoln as President in 1860
the firing on Fort Sumter in April 1861
the controversy over the Fugitive Slave Act
the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution
The Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States, was enacted in 1865 after the Civil War ended with the defeat of the Confederacy. The dispute over slavery was the main cause of both Southern secession and the American Civil War.
Example Question #475 : Sat Subject Test In United States History
The Union possessed each of the following advantages over the Confederacy except ____________________.
the Union had a larger population
the Union had more railroads
the Union did not need to invade and conquer a large amount of hostile territory
the Union had more a much more diversified economy that was not reliant on a single commodity like cotton
the Union possessed a much larger navy than the Confederacy
the Union did not need to invade and conquer a large amount of hostile territory
The Union had to invade and conquer wide swaths of Southern territory in order to defeat the rebellion. It was hoped by Confederate officials that a long and bloody conflict would lead to war weariness in the North and force the United States to recognize Southern independence.
Example Question #476 : Sat Subject Test In United States History
Which of the given options would best describe a "Copperhead"?
a Southerner who supported the Union
a Northern Democrat who wanted to make peace with the South, even if that peace recognized Confederate independence
a former slave who escaped to Union lines
a Northern Democrat who supported the American Civil War, but only to restore the Union and not to abolish slavery
a Northern Republican who supported President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
a Northern Democrat who wanted to make peace with the South, even if that peace recognized Confederate independence
The Copperheads were a faction of Northern Democrats who wanted an immediate peace with the Southern Confederacy, even if that peace meant independence for the rebellious states. A famous Copperhead was Ohio congressman Clement Vallandigham, who was put on trial for treason in 1864.
Example Question #477 : Sat Subject Test In United States History
"Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgements [sic] of the Lord are true and righteous altogether."
Which prominent leader in the American Civil War said these words?
Robert E. Lee
Frederick Douglass
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
William Tecumseh Sherman
Abraham Lincoln
These words are excerpted from the speech that Abraham Lincoln gave for his second inauguration as President in March, 1865. It was becoming clear that the Civil War would end soon in Union victory by the time President Lincoln gave this speech, so he wanted to remind his fellow Americans why the bloody and terrible war had been fought in the first place. Although Lincoln argued for reconciliation between the North and South elsewhere in his speech, he also argued that white Americans owed a tremendous debt to black Americans for the brutal system of slavery.
Example Question #1 : Representative Viewpoints In U.S. Political History From 1790 To 1898
“The great and leading principle is, that the General Government emanated from the people of the several States, forming distinct political communities, and acting in their separate and sovereign capacity, and not from all of the people forming one aggregate political community; that the Constitution of the United States is, in fact, a compact, to which each State is a party, in the character already described; and that the several States, or parties, have a right to judge of its infractions; and in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of power not delegated, they have the right, in the last resort, to use the language of the Virginia Resolutions, “to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.”
The above quote represents the viewpoint of which politician?
Abraham Lincoln
John C. Calhoun
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Henry Clay
John C. Calhoun
The above quote is taken from a speech given by John C. Calhoun defending the doctrine of nullification, the theory that states could invalidate Federal laws they believed were unconstitutional. Calhoun is often seen as the paragon of a states’ rights Southern politician thanks to his role in the Nullification Crisis of 1831-32, where he resigned his position as Vice President to Andrew Jackson due to their disagreement on South Carolina’s attempted Nullification of the Tariff of 1832.
Example Question #478 : Sat Subject Test In United States History
Which of the following people would have most likely opposed war with Britain in 1812?
Henry Clay
John Calhoun
Daniel Webster
Andrew Jackson
James Madison
Daniel Webster
The bulk of popular support for the War of 1812 came from the southern and western states of America. Henry Clay, as the most prominent representative of the Western states and John Calhoun, as the most prominent of the Southern States, both heavily supported war with Britain and were the two primary forces behind the passage of war through Congress. Andrew Jackson was an exceedingly prominent “war-hawk” and clamored for war, which he claimed was necessary to complete the break from Britain. Likewise, President James Madison was a supporter of a war which he believed was necessary to maintain American pride and neutrality. The only area of the country to generally oppose war was New England. Daniel Webster, as a prominent New England lawyer and politician, is by far the most likely of these five to have both publically and privately opposed a declaration of war.
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