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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what state did Abraham Lincoln's family move when he was seven years old?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Kentucky.

2. Britain abolished slavery throughout the British Empire with the Slavery Abolition Act in what year?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1807.
(d) 1782.

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

4. Who was the 14th President of the United States?
(a) Franklin Pierce.
(b) Millard Fillmore.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) Zachary Taylor.

5. When was the Wisconsin Enabling Act enacted?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1836.
(c) 1832.
(d) 1820.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What movement was a nativist American political movement of the 1840s and 1850s, and was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants?

3. Who was the 12th President of the United States?

4. Dred Scott was born a slave in what state?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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