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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the political principle that the legitimacy of the state is created by the will or consent of its people, who are the source of all political power?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Conservatism.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Popular sovereignty.

2. When was Henry Clay born?
(a) 1777.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1759.

3. When did the United States Civil War begin?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1866.
(d) 1862.

4. What was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1805 until June 4, 1812?
(a) The Texas Territory.
(b) The Mexican Territory.
(c) The Spanish Territory.
(d) The Louisiana Territory.

5. As they campaigned for the Senate in 1858, Lincoln and his supporters decided to invite who to debate the issues?
(a) Henry Clay.
(b) Zachary Taylor.
(c) Stephen A. Douglas.
(d) Millard Fillmore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Latin for a statement "said in passing"?

2. Henry Clay represented what state in both the Senate and the House of Representatives?

3. For what state was John C. Fremont a U.S. Senator?

4. What is the framework for the organization of the United States government and for the relationship of the federal government with the states, citizens, and all people within the United States?

5. Where did Lincoln make a speech in Springfield that included a discussion on the violence that surrounded the abolitionist movement in Chapter 1?

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