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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of a proposed Central American colony suggested by United States Senator Samuel Pomeroy of Kansas in 1862?
(a) Lincoln Island.
(b) New America.
(c) Pomeroy Island.
(d) Linconia.

2. What candidate was presented by the Constitutional Union Party in the 1860 presidential election?
(a) John C. Bell.
(b) John P. Hale.
(c) Zachary Taylor.
(d) James Anderson.

3. James Buchanan was a member of what political party when he was elected U.S. President?
(a) The Whig Party.
(b) The Republican Party.
(c) The Federalist Party.
(d) The Democratic Party.

4. What nickname did Stephen A. Douglas have in politics?
(a) "Little Giant."
(b) "Goliath."
(c) "The Great Bear."
(d) "Giant Tortoise."

5. The Whig party began to fracture in the early part of what decade?
(a) 1803s.
(b) 1840s.
(c) 1850s.
(d) 1860s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was James Buchanan born?

2. In 1820, the American Colonization Society began sending black volunteers where to establish a colony for freed American slaves?

3. Where was Stephen A. Douglas from?

4. The Emancipation Proclamation did not pertain to the slaves in the border states, leaving nearly how many people in bondage?

5. To what political party did John C. Fremont belong?

(see the answer key)

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