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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what state was John C. Fremont a U.S. Senator?
(a) California.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Ohio.

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

3. Who was the 12th President of the United States?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Zachary Taylor.
(c) Henry Clay.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

4. In what year did the United States of America annex the Republic of Texas?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1846.

5. What American political party was founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854?
(a) The Tea Party.
(b) The Democratic Party.
(c) The Whig Party.
(d) The Republican Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2000, Eric Foner was elected president of what organization?

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

3. Eric Foner won the Bancroft Prize in 1989 for what book?

4. What is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives?

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

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