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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The fugitive slave laws were laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and in what year?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1845.

3. In what year did the United States of America annex the Republic of Texas?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1846.

4. Where was James Buchanan born?
(a) New York.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Kentucky.

5. The Constitutional Union Party was also known as what in the state of California?
(a) The Free Soil Party.
(b) The Democratic Party.
(c) The Liberty Party.
(d) The Bell-Everett Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What movement was a nativist American political movement of the 1840s and 1850s, and was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants?

2. Where did William H. Seward study law?

3. When was John C. Fremont born?

4. When was William H. Seward born?

5. James Buchanan was which President of the United States?

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