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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Henry Clay born?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1777.

2. What is Latin for a statement "said in passing"?
(a) Umber dictum.
(b) Reiter dictum.
(c) Salovar dictum.
(d) Obiter dictum.

3. When was "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery" selected as the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, Lincoln Prize and the Bancroft Prize?
(a) 2008.
(b) 1998.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2009.

4. When did the the Supreme Court hand down the Dred Scott Decision?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1759.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did the Mexican-American War begin?

3. Abraham Lincoln's wife was the daughter of a what?

4. In what year did U.S. Army Major John Emerson purchase Dred Scott?

5. Illinois had prohibited slavery in its constitution in what year when it was admitted as a state?

(see the answer key)

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