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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Eric Foner born?
(a) Little Rock, AR.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) Chicago, IL.
(d) Akron, OH.

2. In what year did U.S. Army Major John Emerson purchase Dred Scott?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1832.
(c) 1836.
(d) 1820.

3. What refers to a vocal group of Democrats in the Northern United States who opposed the American Civil War, wanting an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates?
(a) The Free Soil Party.
(b) War Democrats.
(c) The Liberty Party.
(d) The Copperheads.

4. When did Lincoln issue a Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) October, 1863.
(b) September, 1861.
(c) September, 1862.
(d) July, 1862.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and one of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee?

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

3. Who was the maternal grandmother who raised Frederick Douglass until the age of 7?

4. How many members comprise the U.S. House of Representatives?

5. In the late 1850s, Lincoln argued that what would be much more profitable if brought to the South because the workers would much better motivated to work if they were promised wages at the end of the day?

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