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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 John C. Fremont born?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1813.
(c) 1759.
(d) 1833.

2. In what year did U.S. Army Major John Emerson purchase Dred Scott?
(a) 1832.
(b) 1820.
(c) 1836.
(d) 1848.

3. When did the Mexican-American War end?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1865.

4. The focus in the 1840s was not the abolition of slavery, but was what?
(a) Agricultural rights.
(b) Curbing the spread of slavery.
(c) Universal health care.
(d) Women's rights.

5. Where was Abraham Lincoln born?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Indiana.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the author Eric Foner born?

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

3. 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?

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

5. In what year did Abraham Lincoln present his House Divided speech?

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