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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Frederick Douglass born?
(a) Texas.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Tennessee.

2. When was the Wisconsin Enabling Act enacted?
(a) 1836.
(b) 1820.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1832.

3. When did Abraham Lincoln first meet with Frederick Douglass?
(a) September, 1864.
(b) June, 1865.
(c) August, 1863.
(d) September, 1862.

4. Eric Foner has been a member of the faculty of the Department of History at what university since 1982?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Princeton University.

5. What nickname did Stephen A. Douglas have in politics?
(a) "Giant Tortoise."
(b) "Goliath."
(c) "Little Giant."
(d) "The Great Bear."

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In the 1840s, most of Lincoln's income was derived from what?

3. James K. Polk was which President of the United States?

4. 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?

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

(see the answer key)

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