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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or especially a political entity?
(a) Indiscretion.
(b) Succession.
(c) Secession.
(d) Embargo.

2. Dred Scott was born a slave in what state?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Arkansas.

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

4. What were cheap, tabloid-style papers produced in the middle of the 19th century?
(a) Pulp fiction.
(b) Penny press newspapers.
(c) Nickel press newspapers.
(d) Free newspapers.

5. In what year did Lincoln give a speech denouncing America's new policy regarding slavery in new western territories, as described in Chapter 3?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1759.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1854.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry Clay represented what state in both the Senate and the House of Representatives?

2. When was John C. Fremont born?

3. In what year did Lincoln deliver a speech against the current president, criticizing his policy regarding Mexico and the struggle that was taking place between the United States and Mexico?

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

5. In what year did U.S. Army Major John Emerson purchase Dred Scott?

(see the answer key)

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