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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In January 1862, what Republican leader in the House called for total war against the rebellion to include emancipation of slaves, arguing that emancipation, by forcing the loss of enslaved labor, would ruin the rebel economy?
(a) Frederick Douglass.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) John P. Hale.
(d) Thaddeus Stevens.

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

3. For what state was John C. Fremont a U.S. Senator?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Ohio.
(c) California.
(d) Kansas.

4. The Dred Scott ruling was the first time since what case that the Court held an Act of Congress to be unconstitutional?
(a) Marbury v. Madison.
(b) Clay v. Madison.
(c) Smith v. Madison.
(d) Anderson v. Harvard.

5. The focus in the 1840s was not the abolition of slavery, but was what?
(a) Agricultural rights.
(b) Curbing the spread of slavery.
(c) Women's rights.
(d) Universal health care.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Republican Party founded in the United States?

2. When was the author Eric Foner born?

3. What was the 19th century American belief that the United States was destined to expand across the continent?

4. Who was an anti-slavery activist who was active in the New York Committee of Vigilance and the Underground Railroad and helped Frederick Douglass escape to freedom?

5. Where was Frederick Douglass born?

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