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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 late 1850s, Lincoln argued that what would be much more profitable if brought to the South because the workers would much better motivated to work if they were promised wages at the end of the day?
(a) Free labor.
(b) Colonialization.
(c) Labor unions.
(d) Slavery.

2. James K. Polk was born in what year?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1795.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1848.

3. How did Abraham Lincoln feel about his father, according to the author?
(a) He was inspired by him.
(b) He worshipped him.
(c) He envied him.
(d) He resented him.

4. James Buchanan was which President of the United States?
(a) 16th.
(b) 15th.
(c) 12th.
(d) 11th.

5. To what political party did John C. Fremont belong?
(a) The Free Soil Party.
(b) The Democratic Party.
(c) The Republican Party.
(d) The Whig Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the the Supreme Court hand down the Dred Scott Decision?

2. 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?

3. What repelled the Missouri Compromise and gave the right of the citizens of new territories to choose whether they entered the Union as a slave or free state?

4. How old was Abraham Lincoln when his family moved to Illinois?

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

(see the answer key)

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