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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Britain abolished slavery throughout the British Empire with the Slavery Abolition Act in what year?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1782.
(c) 1807.
(d) 1833.

2. 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) Parliament.
(c) The Presidential Cabinet.
(d) Congress.

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

4. What was the name of Abraham Lincoln's wife?
(a) Sarah Todd Lincoln.
(b) Mary Todd Lincoln.
(c) Mary Elizabeth Lincoln.
(d) Elizabeth Lee Lincoln.

5. How many members comprise the U.S. House of Representatives?
(a) 522.
(b) 435.
(c) 120.
(d) 615.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was James K. Polk elected President of the United States?

2. What political party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the contemporary U.S. political spectrum?

3. To what political party did James K. Polk belong?

4. Where did Lincoln make a speech in Springfield that included a discussion on the violence that surrounded the abolitionist movement in Chapter 1?

5. What were cheap, tabloid-style papers produced in the middle of the 19th century?

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