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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The fugitive slave laws were laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and in what year?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1860.

2. What movement was a nativist American political movement of the 1840s and 1850s, and was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants?
(a) The Tea Party.
(b) The Abolitionist movement.
(c) The Anti-Immigration movement.
(d) The Know Nothing movement.

3. Lincoln's Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation stated that the South had until what date to return to Union or face the freeing of their slaves immediately?
(a) January 1, 1862.
(b) September 14, 1862.
(c) October 1, 1864.
(d) January 1, 1863.

4. When did the Mexican-American War end?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1848.

5. When was John C. Fremont born?
(a) 1813.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1759.
(d) 1833.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Lincoln issue a Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation?

2. Lincoln's Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation offered gradual emancipation and what to border states and any states that returned voluntarily to the Union?

3. What refers to the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or especially a political entity?

4. Where did William H. Seward study law?

5. How many candidates did the Democratic Party present for the 1860 presidential election?

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