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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Lincoln publish his Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) July 12, 1863.
(b) January 1, 1862.
(c) January 1, 1863.
(d) June 14, 1864.

3. 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 Center for Policy.
(c) The Young Men's Lyceum.
(d) The Philadelphia Museum.

4. What was a minor political party in the United States in the 1840s which was an early advocate of the abolitionist cause?
(a) The Green Party.
(b) The Whig Party.
(c) The Liberty Party.
(d) The Free Soil Party.

5. The focus in the 1840s was not the abolition of slavery, but was what?
(a) Universal health care.
(b) Women's rights.
(c) Curbing the spread of slavery.
(d) Agricultural rights.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Eric Foner born?

3. To Lincoln,abolishing slavery in what state was the most important step because it was the only state in the South in which he attempted to apply his plan for Reconstruction as he had in Missouri and Tennessee?

4. In what year did Maryland abolish slavery?

5. When was Stephen A. Douglas born?

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