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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does GOP stand for?
(a) Grand Organization of Plenty.
(b) Great Old Politics.
(c) Grand Old Party.
(d) Governor of Politics.

2. 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?
(a) Fugitive slave laws.
(b) The Black Codes.
(c) Confiscation laws.
(d) The Border Laws.

3. How did Abraham Lincoln feel about his father, according to the author?
(a) He worshipped him.
(b) He resented him.
(c) He envied him.
(d) He was inspired by him.

4. James Buchanan was which President of the United States?
(a) 12th.
(b) 11th.
(c) 16th.
(d) 15th.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was James K. Polk elected President of the United States?

2. When was the Missouri Compromise enacted?

3. When did the Mexican-American War begin?

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

5. What were cheap, tabloid-style papers produced in the middle of the 19th century?

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