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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Spain enacted the first European law abolishing colonial slavery in what year?
(a) 1754.
(b) 1598.
(c) 1542.
(d) 1759.

2. To what political party did James K. Polk belong?
(a) The Free Soil Party.
(b) The Republican Party.
(c) The Democratic Party.
(d) The Whig Party.

3. Britain abolished slavery throughout the British Empire with the Slavery Abolition Act in what year?
(a) 1807.
(b) 1782.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1759.

4. To what state did Abraham Lincoln's family move when he was seven years old?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Pennsylvania.

5. In 2000, Eric Foner was elected president of what organization?
(a) The Chicago Historical Association.
(b) The American Historical Association.
(c) The Pennsylvania Historical Association.
(d) The Historical Association of New Hampshire.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Abraham Lincoln when his family moved to Illinois?

2. How many members comprise the U.S. House of Representatives?

3. There are well documented trips Lincoln made down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in both 1828 and what year?

4. When was "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery" selected as the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, Lincoln Prize and the Bancroft Prize?

5. What refers to the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory?

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