The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

Eric Foner
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1759.
(d) 1818.

2. The federal government had prohibited slavery within the Wisconsin Territory in the Missouri Compromise in what year?
(a) 1832.
(b) 1836.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1820.

3. What group in American politics of the 1860s were adherents of the Democratic Party who demanded a more aggressive policy toward the Confederacy and supported the policies of President Abraham Lincoln when the Civil War broke out?
(a) The Free Soilers.
(b) War Democrats.
(c) The Copperheads.
(d) Forty-Eighters.

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

5. In the 1840s, most of Lincoln's income was derived from what?
(a) His law practice.
(b) His farm.
(c) His architecture firm.
(d) His medical practice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did Stephen A. Douglas have in politics?

2. 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?

3. When did the Mexican-American War end?

4. The Constitutional Union Party was established in what year?

5. Who was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and one of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee?

(see the answer key)

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