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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pennsylvania passed An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery in what year?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1782.
(c) 1772.
(d) 1780.

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

3. When was James K. Polk elected President of the United States?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1759.
(c) 1795.
(d) 1845.

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

5. The Somersett's case in what year emancipated a slave in England and helped launch the movement to abolish slavery?
(a) 1772.
(b) 1782.
(c) 1745.
(d) 1776.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were cheap, tabloid-style papers produced in the middle of the 19th century?

2. Britain banned the importation of African slaves in its colonies in what year?

3. When was the author Eric Foner born?

4. What does GOP stand for?

5. What refers to the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory?

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