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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Louisiana Purchase take place?
(a) 1811.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1803.
(d) 1807.

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

3. Eric Foner won the Bancroft Prize in 1989 for what book?
(a) America's Black Past: A Reader in Afro-American History.
(b) A House Divided: America in the Age of Lincoln.
(c) Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877.
(d) The Story of American Freedom.

4. As they campaigned for the Senate in 1858, Lincoln and his supporters decided to invite who to debate the issues?
(a) Millard Fillmore.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) Stephen A. Douglas.
(d) Zachary Taylor.

5. What is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives?
(a) Judiciary Committee.
(b) The Presidential Cabinet.
(c) Parliament.
(d) Congress.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Missouri Compromise enacted?

2. When was James Buchanan born?

3. How old was Abraham Lincoln when his family moved to Illinois?

4. What was the name of John C. Fremont's mother?

5. When did the Mexican-American War end?

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