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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James K. Polk was born in what year?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1795.
(d) 1833.

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

3. Abraham Lincoln's wife was the daughter of a what?
(a) Banker.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Actor.
(d) Painter.

4. When was "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery" selected as the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, Lincoln Prize and the Bancroft Prize?
(a) 2009.
(b) 1998.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2011.

5. To what political party did James K. Polk belong?
(a) The Free Soil Party.
(b) The Whig Party.
(c) The Democratic Party.
(d) The Republican Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Abraham Lincoln assume the Presidency of the United States?

2. When was Abraham Lincoln born?

3. Where did Lincoln make a speech in Springfield that included a discussion on the violence that surrounded the abolitionist movement in Chapter 1?

4. What refers to laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory?

5. What was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States with the primary effect being the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States?

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