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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What political party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the contemporary U.S. political spectrum?
(a) The Republican Party.
(b) The Democratic Party.
(c) The Whig Party.
(d) The Tea Party.

2. Who was the 14th President of the United States?
(a) Andrew Jackson.
(b) Millard Fillmore.
(c) Franklin Pierce.
(d) Zachary Taylor.

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

4. Illinois had prohibited slavery in its constitution in what year when it was admitted as a state?
(a) 1836.
(b) 1819.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1832.

5. There are well documented trips Lincoln made down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in both 1828 and what year?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1840.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1831.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Abraham Lincoln born?

2. The Dred Scott Decision was a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent brought into the United States and held as slaves (or their descendants) were what?

3. When was James K. Polk elected President of the United States?

4. When was the Missouri Compromise enacted?

5. To what state did Abraham Lincoln's family move when he was seven years old?

(see the answer key)

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