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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives?
(a) Judiciary Committee.
(b) Parliament.
(c) The Presidential Cabinet.
(d) Congress.

2. In what year did Abraham Lincoln assume the Presidency of the United States?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1869.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1856.

3. When was "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery" selected as the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, Lincoln Prize and the Bancroft Prize?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2009.
(d) 1998.

4. How old was Abraham Lincoln when his family moved to Illinois?
(a) 21.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 23.

5. What was a minor political party in the United States in the 1840s which was an early advocate of the abolitionist cause?
(a) The Green Party.
(b) The Whig Party.
(c) The Liberty Party.
(d) The Free Soil Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what political party did James K. Polk belong?

2. What were cheap, tabloid-style papers produced in the middle of the 19th century?

3. Who was the 13th President of the United States?

4. Illinois had prohibited slavery in its constitution in what year when it was admitted as a state?

5. When was the Missouri Compromise enacted?

(see the answer key)

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