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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did the Mexican-American War begin?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1833.

3. In what year did Abraham Lincoln present his House Divided speech?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1820.
(d) 1833.

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

5. What was a short-lived political party in the United States active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections?
(a) The Democratic Party.
(b) The Whig Party.
(c) The Free Soil Party.
(d) The Republican Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the framework for the organization of the United States government and for the relationship of the federal government with the states, citizens, and all people within the United States?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. Who ran for the Free Soil Party in the 1852 presidential election?

5. Pennsylvania passed An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery in what year?

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