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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The Opinion of the Court in Dred Scott v. Sandford was written by what U.S. Chief Justice?
(a) Roger B. Taney.
(b) Millard Fillmore.
(c) Zachary Taylor.
(d) Henry Clay.

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

5. When was the Missouri Compromise enacted?
(a) 1820.
(b) 1759.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1833.

Short Answer Questions

1. Abraham Lincoln was a member of what political party from the early part of his career until the 1850s?

2. In what year did Abraham Lincoln present his House Divided speech?

3. When was Stephen A. Douglas born?

4. What was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States with the primary effect being the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States?

5. What was an act of Congress during the early months of the American Civil War permitting the confiscation of any of property, including slaves, being used to support the Confederate insurrection?

(see the answer key)

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