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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Latin for a statement "said in passing"?
(a) Reiter dictum.
(b) Obiter dictum.
(c) Umber dictum.
(d) Salovar dictum.

2. James K. Polk was born in what year?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1759.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1795.

3. What were cheap, tabloid-style papers produced in the middle of the 19th century?
(a) Free newspapers.
(b) Nickel press newspapers.
(c) Penny press newspapers.
(d) Pulp fiction.

4. Where was Abraham Lincoln born?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Illinois.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What American political party was founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854?

2. When was Abraham Lincoln born?

3. Who was the 12th President of the United States?

4. 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?

5. The Dred Scott Decision was a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent brought into the United States and held as slaves (or their descendants) were what?

(see the answer key)

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