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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 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) Kentucky.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Illinois.

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

3. Where was Eric Foner born?
(a) Akron, OH.
(b) Little Rock, AR.
(c) Chicago, IL.
(d) New York, NY.

4. Who was the 12th President of the United States?
(a) Zachary Taylor.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Henry Clay.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

5. 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?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1795.
(c) 1759.
(d) 1848.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory?

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

3. What was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States with the primary effect being the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States?

4. What does GOP stand for?

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

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