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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Abraham Lincoln when his family moved to Illinois?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 23.
(d) 21.

2. In the 1840s, most of Lincoln's income was derived from what?
(a) His law practice.
(b) His medical practice.
(c) His farm.
(d) His architecture firm.

3. What refers to laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory?
(a) The Black Codes.
(b) Fugitive slave laws.
(c) The Border Laws.
(d) Confiscation laws.

4. James K. Polk was born in what year?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1795.
(d) 1833.

5. Slavery had been prohibited in Indiana and Illinois since what year?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1700.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1787.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Abraham Lincoln born?

2. Abraham Lincoln's wife was the daughter of a what?

3. To what political party did James K. Polk belong?

4. What was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy, and was operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s?

5. Where was Abraham Lincoln born?

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