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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 the author Eric Foner born?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1943.

2. Who was the 13th President of the United States?
(a) Henry Clay.
(b) Millard Fillmore.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Zachary Taylor.

3. Illinois had prohibited slavery in its constitution in what year when it was admitted as a state?
(a) 1836.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1819.
(d) 1832.

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

5. The Whig party began to fracture in the early part of what decade?
(a) 1840s.
(b) 1850s.
(c) 1860s.
(d) 1803s.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Dred Scott accompany his owners to Missouri?

2. What was the first American political party, from the early 1790s to 1816?

3. The Opinion of the Court in Dred Scott v. Sandford was written by what U.S. Chief Justice?

4. 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?

5. In the 1840s, most of Lincoln's income was derived from what?

(see the answer key)

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