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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. James K. Polk was which President of the United States?
(a) 13th.
(b) 12th.
(c) 10th.
(d) 11th.

4. In what state was James K. Polk born?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) South Carolina.

5. What refers to the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory?
(a) Catalysm.
(b) Congruity.
(c) Union.
(d) Sovereignty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Somersett's case in what year emancipated a slave in England and helped launch the movement to abolish slavery?

3. When was the author Eric Foner born?

4. James K. Polk was born in what year?

5. What American political party was founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854?

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