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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy, and was operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s?
(a) The Democratic Party.
(b) The Whig Party.
(c) The Republican Party.
(d) The Tea Party.

2. There are well documented trips Lincoln made down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in both 1828 and what year?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1831.
(d) 1840.

3. How many members comprise the U.S. House of Representatives?
(a) 522.
(b) 120.
(c) 615.
(d) 435.

4. Where was Abraham Lincoln born?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Pennsylvania.

5. James K. Polk was which President of the United States?
(a) 11th.
(b) 12th.
(c) 10th.
(d) 13th.

Short Answer Questions

1. Abraham Lincoln's wife was the daughter of a what?

2. When was the author Eric Foner born?

3. What American political party was founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854?

4. Abraham Lincoln was a member of what political party from the early part of his career until the 1850s?

5. James Buchanan was which President of the United States?

(see the answer key)

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