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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the United States Civil War begin?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1866.
(d) 1861.

2. Who was the maternal grandmother who raised Frederick Douglass until the age of 7?
(a) Josephine Hale.
(b) Marie Bailey.
(c) Betty Bailey.
(d) Sarah Hale.

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) War Democrats.
(b) The Liberty Party.
(c) The Free Soil Party.
(d) The Copperheads.

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) 1759.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1818.

5. In what year did Dred Scott accompany his owners to Missouri?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1759.
(d) 1830.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what political party did James K. Polk belong?

2. When did the Mexican-American War end?

3. When was the author Eric Foner born?

4. There are well documented trips Lincoln made down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in both 1828 and what year?

5. In order to get around the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln allowed states in the South to hold what in which he required a majority of citizens to vote?

(see the answer key)

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