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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 James Buchanan born?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) New York.

2. Spain enacted the first European law abolishing colonial slavery in what year?
(a) 1598.
(b) 1754.
(c) 1759.
(d) 1542.

3. What repelled the Missouri Compromise and gave the right of the citizens of new territories to choose whether they entered the Union as a slave or free state?
(a) The Nebraska-Oregon Act.
(b) The Louisiana Act.
(c) The Kansas-Nebraska Act .
(d) The Nebraska-Ohio Act.

4. What were cheap, tabloid-style papers produced in the middle of the 19th century?
(a) Free newspapers.
(b) Pulp fiction.
(c) Penny press newspapers.
(d) Nickel press newspapers.

5. To what political party did John C. Fremont belong?
(a) The Whig Party.
(b) The Republican Party.
(c) The Democratic Party.
(d) The Free Soil Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the framework for the organization of the United States government and for the relationship of the federal government with the states, citizens, and all people within the United States?

2. Who was the 13th President of the United States?

3. How did Abraham Lincoln feel about his father, according to the author?

4. When was John C. Fremont born?

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

(see the answer key)

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