1. What repelled the Missouri Compromise and gave the right of the citizens of new territories to choose whether they entered the Union as a slave or free state?
(a) The Louisiana Act.
(b) The Nebraska-Ohio Act.
(c) The Nebraska-Oregon Act.
(d) The Kansas-Nebraska Act .

2. Abraham Lincoln's wife was the daughter of a what?
(a) Painter.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Banker.
(d) Actor.

3. Britain banned the importation of African slaves in its colonies in what year?
(a) 1772.
(b) 1759.
(c) 1782.
(d) 1807.

4. Pennsylvania passed An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery in what year?
(a) 1780.
(b) 1772.
(c) 1782.
(d) 1759.

5. 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) 1833.
(b) 1759.
(c) 1795.
(d) 1848.

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. In what year did Abraham Lincoln assume the Presidency of the United States?

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

4. How did Abraham Lincoln feel about his father, according to the author?

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

(see the answer key)

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