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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does GOP stand for?
(a) Grand Organization of Plenty.
(b) Governor of Politics.
(c) Grand Old Party.
(d) Great Old Politics.

2. In what year did Abraham Lincoln present his House Divided speech?
(a) 1820.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1833.

3. In what year did Abraham Lincoln assume the Presidency of the United States?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1869.

4. The Opinion of the Court in Dred Scott v. Sandford was written by what U.S. Chief Justice?
(a) Henry Clay.
(b) Millard Fillmore.
(c) Zachary Taylor.
(d) Roger B. Taney.

5. What is the political principle that the legitimacy of the state is created by the will or consent of its people, who are the source of all political power?
(a) Conservatism.
(b) Popular sovereignty.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Capitalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the author Eric Foner born?

2. To what state did Abraham Lincoln's family move when he was seven years old?

3. When was Stephen A. Douglas born?

4. The Somersett's case in what year emancipated a slave in England and helped launch the movement to abolish slavery?

5. James K. Polk was born in what year?

(see the answer key)

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