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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Fugitive slave laws.
(b) The Black Codes.
(c) The Border Laws.
(d) Confiscation laws.

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

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?
(a) October, 1862.
(b) June, 1860.
(c) September, 1862.
(d) July, 1861.

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

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

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. When was Stephen A. Douglas born?

3. When did the the Supreme Court hand down the Dred Scott Decision?

4. When was the Republican Party founded in the United States?

5. Spain enacted the first European law abolishing colonial slavery in what year?

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