Cause and Effect in U.S. Political History from 1790 to 1898

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SAT Subject Test in United States History › Cause and Effect in U.S. Political History from 1790 to 1898

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Although the Treaty of Ghent was signed on December 24th, 1814, to end this war, the slowness of trans-Atlantic communication meant that the two hostile sides would still meet in battle at New Orleans on January 8th, 1815.

2

Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation .

3

The involvement of the United States in the Spanish-American War is significant because __________.

4

The Bleeding Kansas conflict was precipitated by which Congressional act?

5

John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry resulted in all of the following EXCEPT __________.

6

The event that directly prompted the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 was the ___________________.

7

Nathaniel "Nat" Turner's ultimately unsuccessful slave rebellion, on August 21st, 1831, in the state of Virginia, resulted in all of the following EXCEPT:

8

The most significant outcome of the presidential election of 1876 was __________.

9

Why was the Whiskey Rebellion important in altering and/or forming political party allegiance?

10

Why was an electoral commission established in 1876?

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