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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Britain abolished slavery throughout the British Empire with the Slavery Abolition Act in what year?
(a) 1807.
(b) 1782.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1759.

2. How many members comprise the U.S. House of Representatives?
(a) 120.
(b) 522.
(c) 615.
(d) 435.

3. The Opinion of the Court in Dred Scott v. Sandford was written by what U.S. Chief Justice?
(a) Zachary Taylor.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) Roger B. Taney.
(d) Millard Fillmore.

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

5. Who ran for the Free Soil Party in the 1852 presidential election?
(a) Martin Van Buren.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) John P. Hale.
(d) Zachary Taylor.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the author Eric Foner born?

2. The Dred Scott ruling was the first time since what case that the Court held an Act of Congress to be unconstitutional?

3. What was a minor political party in the United States in the 1840s which was an early advocate of the abolitionist cause?

4. When was "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery" selected as the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, Lincoln Prize and the Bancroft Prize?

5. Where was James Buchanan born?

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