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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Mexican-American War begin?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1848.

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

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

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

5. What movement was a nativist American political movement of the 1840s and 1850s, and was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants?
(a) The Anti-Immigration movement.
(b) The Know Nothing movement.
(c) The Abolitionist movement.
(d) The Tea Party.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In what state was James K. Polk born?

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

5. Pennsylvania passed An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery in what year?

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