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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) 1865.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1861.

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

3. 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) Labor unions.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Colonialization.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When did the Mexican-American War begin?

3. Who ran for the Free Soil Party in the 1852 presidential election?

4. In what year did Abraham Lincoln assume the Presidency of the United States?

5. What American political party was founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854?

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