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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Abraham Lincoln assume the Presidency of the United States?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1848.

2. When was the author Eric Foner born?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1943.

3. In what state was James K. Polk born?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Kentucky.

4. What repelled the Missouri Compromise and gave the right of the citizens of new territories to choose whether they entered the Union as a slave or free state?
(a) The Nebraska-Oregon Act.
(b) The Kansas-Nebraska Act .
(c) The Nebraska-Ohio Act.
(d) The Louisiana Act.

5. What does GOP stand for?
(a) Grand Old Party.
(b) Great Old Politics.
(c) Grand Organization of Plenty.
(d) Governor of Politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Lincoln give a speech denouncing America's new policy regarding slavery in new western territories, as described in Chapter 3?

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

3. When did the Mexican-American War end?

4. What was the 19th century American belief that the United States was destined to expand across the continent?

5. Who was the 14th President of the United States?

(see the answer key)

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