Facts and Details in U.S. Political History from 1790 to 1898

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

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  1. One result of the Missouri Compromise was?
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Which of the following factions of the Republican Party voted for Grover Cleveland, a Democrat, for President?

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In which year was the first Presidential election contested by a Whig Party candidate?

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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.

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What was the 1803 Court decision that gave the Supreme Court the power to decide whether a law violates the U.S. Constitution?

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The Union possessed each of the following advantages over the Confederacy except ____________________.

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President Lincoln signed the Wade-Davis Bill into law shortly after the radical Republican Congress passed the bill.

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Which of the following was NOT a major component of Henry Clay’s American System?

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The Free Soil Party was a "single issue party" largely devoted to __________

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Nicknamed the "Bloodhound Law," the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 declared what?

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