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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Eric Foner born?
(a) Chicago, IL.
(b) Akron, OH.
(c) Little Rock, AR.
(d) New York, NY.

2. When was the author Eric Foner born?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1943.

3. When was John C. Fremont born?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1813.

4. Abraham Lincoln's wife was the daughter of a what?
(a) Actor.
(b) Banker.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Painter.

5. The Somersett's case in what year emancipated a slave in England and helped launch the movement to abolish slavery?
(a) 1782.
(b) 1745.
(c) 1772.
(d) 1776.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did the Mexican-American War end?

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

4. Henry Clay represented what state in both the Senate and the House of Representatives?

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

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