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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the 13th President of the United States?
(a) Millard Fillmore.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Zachary Taylor.

2. In the 1840s, Lincoln helped represent a slave owner whose slave and four children claimed to be free when the owner transported them from where into Illinois?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Kansas.

3. What refers to a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself or one's group?
(a) Propaganda.
(b) Insurrection.
(c) Tabloid.
(d) Publication.

4. What was a minor political party in the United States in the 1840s which was an early advocate of the abolitionist cause?
(a) The Green Party.
(b) The Liberty Party.
(c) The Whig Party.
(d) The Free Soil Party.

5. In what state was James K. Polk born?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Kentucky.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the the Supreme Court hand down the Dred Scott Decision?

2. Where did Lincoln give a speech during the 1860 presidential campaign in which he stated that the Republicans did not want to change slavery in states where it already existed, but only wanted to stop it from expanding?

3. In the late 1850s, Lincoln argued that what would be much more profitable if brought to the South because the workers would much better motivated to work if they were promised wages at the end of the day?

4. What is a foreign policy which holds that political rulers should avoid alliances with other nations, but still retain diplomacy, and avoid all wars not related to direct self-defense?

5. When did the Mexican-American War end?

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