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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Britain banned the importation of African slaves in its colonies in what year?
(a) 1807.
(b) 1759.
(c) 1772.
(d) 1782.

2. In what year did U.S. Army Major John Emerson purchase Dred Scott?
(a) 1832.
(b) 1820.
(c) 1836.
(d) 1848.

3. There are well documented trips Lincoln made down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in both 1828 and what year?
(a) 1840.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1831.

4. What was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1805 until June 4, 1812?
(a) The Mexican Territory.
(b) The Texas Territory.
(c) The Spanish Territory.
(d) The Louisiana Territory.

5. Abraham Lincoln's wife was the daughter of a what?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Banker.
(c) Actor.
(d) Painter.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Lincoln deliver a speech against the current president, criticizing his policy regarding Mexico and the struggle that was taking place between the United States and Mexico?

2. When was John C. Fremont born?

3. Slavery had been prohibited in Indiana and Illinois since what year?

4. The Dred Scott Decision was a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent brought into the United States and held as slaves (or their descendants) were what?

5. Where was Eric Foner born?

(see the answer key)

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