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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Missouri Compromise enacted?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1820.
(c) 1759.
(d) 1865.

2. What was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States with the primary effect being the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States?
(a) The Northwest Ordinance.
(b) The Western Ordinance.
(c) The Oregon Ordinance.
(d) The Mississippi Ordinance.

3. When was John C. Fremont born?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1813.
(c) 1759.
(d) 1865.

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

5. When was the Republican Party founded in the United States?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1861.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many members comprise the U.S. House of Representatives?

2. What was a minor political party in the United States in the 1840s which was an early advocate of the abolitionist cause?

3. When did the Louisiana Purchase take place?

4. Where was James Buchanan born?

5. Abraham Lincoln was a member of what political party from the early part of his career until the 1850s?

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