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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many candidates did the Democratic Party present for the 1860 presidential election?
(a) 2.
(b) 0.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

2. What, also known as the Mason and Slidell Affair, was an international diplomatic incident that occurred during the American Civil War?
(a) The Mason Affair.
(b) The MSA.
(c) The British Affair.
(d) The Trent Affair.

3. The Constitutional Union Party was established in what year?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1851.
(d) 1850.

4. The Whig party began to fracture in the early part of what decade?
(a) 1850s.
(b) 1803s.
(c) 1840s.
(d) 1860s.

5. Lincoln's Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation offered gradual emancipation and what to border states and any states that returned voluntarily to the Union?
(a) Consequences.
(b) The right to vote.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Compensation.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was John C. Fremont born?

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

3. Where was Stephen A. Douglas from?

4. James Buchanan was a member of what political party when he was elected U.S. President?

5. For what state was John C. Fremont a U.S. Senator?

(see the answer key)

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