The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Dred Scott ruling was the first time since what case that the Court held an Act of Congress to be unconstitutional?
(a) Clay v. Madison.
(b) Anderson v. Harvard.
(c) Marbury v. Madison.
(d) Smith v. Madison.

3. Abraham Lincoln was a member of what political party from the early part of his career until the 1850s?
(a) The Democratic Party.
(b) The Free Soil Party.
(c) The Republican Party.
(d) The Whig Party.

4. In what year did Lincoln deliver a speech against the current president, criticizing his policy regarding Mexico and the struggle that was taking place between the United States and Mexico?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1759.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1795.

5. Where did Lincoln make a speech in Springfield that included a discussion on the violence that surrounded the abolitionist movement in Chapter 1?
(a) The New York Museum.
(b) The Young Men's Lyceum.
(c) The Center for Policy.
(d) The Philadelphia Museum.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the United States of America annex the Republic of Texas?

2. When was the Republican Party founded in the United States?

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

4. Where was James Buchanan born?

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

(see the answer key)

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