1. The federal government had prohibited slavery within the Wisconsin Territory in the Missouri Compromise in what year?
(a) 1832.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1820.
(d) 1836.

2. During the 1860 presidential campaign, Lincoln promoted the Republican Party as what kind of party, despite their views on slavery?
(a) Liberal.
(b) Conservative.
(c) Industrial.
(d) Fiscal.

3. When was the Wisconsin Enabling Act enacted?
(a) 1836.
(b) 1820.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1832.

4. James K. Polk was which President of the United States?
(a) 13th.
(b) 10th.
(c) 11th.
(d) 12th.

5. What was the first American political party, from the early 1790s to 1816?
(a) The Federalist Party.
(b) The Republican Party.
(c) The Whig Party.
(d) The Free Soil 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. The Constitutional Union Party was established in what year?

3. How many candidates did the Democratic Party present for the 1860 presidential election?

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

5. What does GOP stand for?

(see the answer key)

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