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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the 1840s, most of Lincoln's income was derived from what?
(a) His architecture firm.
(b) His medical practice.
(c) His law practice.
(d) His farm.

2. Eric Foner has been a member of the faculty of the Department of History at what university since 1982?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Rutgers University.

3. In the wake of the Dred Scot decision, President Buchanan declared that slavery existed in all states under the Constitution and tried to bring what state in as a slave state?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Kansas.

4. Where was James Buchanan born?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) New York.
(d) Kentucky.

5. In what year did Dred Scott accompany his owners to Missouri?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1830.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1848.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eric Foner won the Bancroft Prize in 1989 for what book?

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

3. When was the Republican Party founded in the United States?

4. What refers to a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself or one's group?

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

(see the answer key)

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