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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Dred Scott was born a slave in what state?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Kentucky.
2. Slavery had been prohibited in Indiana and Illinois since what year?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1812.
(c) 1700.
(d) 1787.
3. What was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1805 until June 4, 1812?
(a) The Texas Territory.
(b) The Louisiana Territory.
(c) The Spanish Territory.
(d) The Mexican Territory.
4. When was James Buchanan born?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1791.
5. Eric Foner has been a member of the faculty of the Department of History at what university since 1982?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) Rutgers University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Princeton University.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the framework for the organization of the United States government and for the relationship of the federal government with the states, citizens, and all people within the United States?
2. In what year did Abraham Lincoln assume the Presidency of the United States?
3. In 2000, Eric Foner was elected president of what organization?
4. Eric Foner won the Bancroft Prize in 1989 for what book?
5. To what political party did John C. Fremont belong?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Lincoln's main aim in criticizing President Polk, as discussed in Chapter 2?
2. Who was Henry Clay? What beliefs did Clay hold regarding slavery?
3. What intention does the author state in the Preface of "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery"?
4. How did the abolitionist movement evolve during Taylor's presidency, as discussed in Chapter 2?
5. What was the American Colonization Society, and what did they promote?
6. What led to the split in the Democratic Party before the 1860 presidential election? What did Lincoln remark about this split?
7. Who was John C. Fremont? What relationship did Fremont have with Lincoln?
8. Who was Stephen A. Douglas? How did Douglas' views on slavery differ from Lincoln's?
9. What led to the debates between Lincoln and Douglas in Chapter 4? What was their impact?
10. What was the central political issue regarding slavery in the 1840s, as discussed in Chapter 2?
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