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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What political party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the contemporary U.S. political spectrum?
(a) The Tea Party.
(b) The Democratic Party.
(c) The Whig Party.
(d) The Republican Party.

2. Abraham Lincoln was a member of what political party from the early part of his career until the 1850s?
(a) The Republican Party.
(b) The Whig Party.
(c) The Democratic Party.
(d) The Free Soil Party.

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

4. Where was Eric Foner born?
(a) Akron, OH.
(b) Chicago, IL.
(c) Little Rock, AR.
(d) New York, NY.

5. What was the name of Abraham Lincoln's wife?
(a) Sarah Todd Lincoln.
(b) Elizabeth Lee Lincoln.
(c) Mary Elizabeth Lincoln.
(d) Mary Todd Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The focus in the 1840s was not the abolition of slavery, but was what?

3. 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?

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

5. Britain banned the importation of African slaves in its colonies in what year?

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