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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James Buchanan was which President of the United States?
(a) 15th.
(b) 11th.
(c) 12th.
(d) 16th.

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

3. The focus in the 1840s was not the abolition of slavery, but was what?
(a) Agricultural rights.
(b) Universal health care.
(c) Women's rights.
(d) Curbing the spread of slavery.

4. In the 1840s, Lincoln helped represent a slave owner whose slave and four children claimed to be free when the owner transported them from where into Illinois?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Missouri.

5. Spain enacted the first European law abolishing colonial slavery in what year?
(a) 1542.
(b) 1759.
(c) 1754.
(d) 1598.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Abraham Lincoln born?

2. When did the Mexican-American War begin?

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

4. In what year did the United States of America annex the Republic of Texas?

5. In what year did Abraham Lincoln present his House Divided speech?

(see the answer key)

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