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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery" selected as the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, Lincoln Prize and the Bancroft Prize?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2008.
(c) 1998.
(d) 2009.

2. In what year was John C. Breckinridge born?
(a) 1821.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1818.

3. When did the the Supreme Court hand down the Dred Scott Decision?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1857.

4. In what year did Lincoln give a speech denouncing America's new policy regarding slavery in new western territories, as described in Chapter 3?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1759.
(d) 1854.

5. To what state did Abraham Lincoln's family move when he was seven years old?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Indiana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was John C. Breckinridge born?

2. When was James K. Polk elected President of the United States?

3. Stephen A. Douglas was a candidate for what party in the 1860 presidential election?

4. Eric Foner has been a member of the faculty of the Department of History at what university since 1982?

5. Illinois had prohibited slavery in its constitution in what year when it was admitted as a state?

(see the answer key)

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