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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Emancipation Proclamation proclaimed the freedom of how many of the nation's slaves?
(a) 6 million.
(b) 4.2 million.
(c) 3.1 million.
(d) 4 million.

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

3. When was Frederick Douglass born?
(a) 1821.
(b) 1795.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1882.

4. What state was named in the Emancipation Proclamation, but exemptions were specified for the 48 counties then in the process of forming a new state?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Kentucky.

5. In what year did Dred Scott accompany his owners to Missouri?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1759.
(d) 1830.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The federal government had prohibited slavery within the Wisconsin Territory in the Missouri Compromise in what year?

3. Who was the 13th President of the United States?

4. The Opinion of the Court in Dred Scott v. Sandford was written by what U.S. Chief Justice?

5. How many members comprise the U.S. House of Representatives?

(see the answer key)

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