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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were cheap, tabloid-style papers produced in the middle of the 19th century?
(a) Nickel press newspapers.
(b) Penny press newspapers.
(c) Pulp fiction.
(d) Free newspapers.

2. Britain banned the importation of African slaves in its colonies in what year?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1772.
(c) 1782.
(d) 1807.

3. What nickname did Stephen A. Douglas have in politics?
(a) "Giant Tortoise."
(b) "Goliath."
(c) "Little Giant."
(d) "The Great Bear."

4. What were Europeans who participated in or supported the revolutions of 1848 that swept Europe called?
(a) Forty-Niners.
(b) The Copperheads.
(c) War Democrats.
(d) Forty-Eighters.

5. In 2000, Eric Foner was elected president of what organization?
(a) The Historical Association of New Hampshire.
(b) The American Historical Association.
(c) The Chicago Historical Association.
(d) The Pennsylvania Historical Association.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1805 until June 4, 1812?

2. When did the Civil War in America end?

3. How many members comprise the U.S. House of Representatives?

4. In what year did Lincoln deliver a speech against the current president, criticizing his policy regarding Mexico and the struggle that was taking place between the United States and Mexico?

5. What was a short-lived political party in the United States active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections?

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