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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) 1598.
(b) 1542.
(c) 1759.
(d) 1754.

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

3. In what year did Lincoln deliver a speech against the current president, criticizing his policy regarding Mexico and the struggle that was taking place between the United States and Mexico?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1795.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1759.

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

5. When was James K. Polk elected President of the United States?
(a) 1795.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1759.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Pennsylvania passed An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery in what year?

3. When was Abraham Lincoln born?

4. 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?

5. Eric Foner has been a member of the faculty of the Department of History at what university since 1982?

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