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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 Republican Party founded in the United States?
(a) 1854.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1861.

2. 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?
(a) Propaganda.
(b) Tabloid.
(c) Publication.
(d) Insurrection.

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

4. James Buchanan was a member of what political party when he was elected U.S. President?
(a) The Democratic Party.
(b) The Republican Party.
(c) The Federalist Party.
(d) The Whig Party.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Britain banned the importation of African slaves in its colonies in what year?

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

3. Abraham Lincoln was a member of what political party from the early part of his career until the 1850s?

4. The Whig party began to fracture in the early part of what decade?

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

(see the answer key)

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