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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Lincoln publicly relieve John C. Fremont of command?
(a) October 15, 1862.
(b) July, 12, 1862.
(c) November 2, 1861.
(d) September 14, 1875.

2. On what historic date did General Benjamin F. Butler decide not to send a group of escape slaves back to their owners?
(a) September 14, 1863.
(b) May 23, 1861.
(c) March 16, 1862.
(d) May 12, 1861.

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

4. The Whig party began to fracture in the early part of what decade?
(a) 1860s.
(b) 1850s.
(c) 1803s.
(d) 1840s.

5. What candidate was presented by the Constitutional Union Party in the 1860 presidential election?
(a) James Anderson.
(b) John P. Hale.
(c) John C. Bell.
(d) Zachary Taylor.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the 1860 presidential campaign, Lincoln promoted the Republican Party as what kind of party, despite their views on slavery?

2. Who was the maternal grandmother who raised Frederick Douglass until the age of 7?

3. When was Congress called to special session in which a bill was passed declaring the war had nothing to do with slavery but was being fought in order to preserve the Constitution?

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

5. To what state did Abraham Lincoln's family move when he was seven years old?

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