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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of John C. Fremont's mother?
(a) Elizabeth Anderson.
(b) Anne Jefferson Smith.
(c) Sarah Elizabeth Newton.
(d) Anne Beverly Whiting.

2. Henry Clay represented what state in both the Senate and the House of Representatives?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Kentucky.

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

4. When was Henry Clay born?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1777.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1848.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first American political party, from the early 1790s to 1816?

2. What is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives?

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

4. In 2000, Eric Foner was elected president of what organization?

5. What was a minor political party in the United States in the 1840s which was an early advocate of the abolitionist cause?

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