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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Louisiana Purchase take place?
(a) 1807.
(b) 1803.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1811.

2. In what year did Abraham Lincoln present his House Divided speech?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1820.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1860.

3. How many candidates did the Democratic Party present for the 1860 presidential election?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

4. What does GOP stand for?
(a) Great Old Politics.
(b) Grand Old Party.
(c) Governor of Politics.
(d) Grand Organization of Plenty.

5. James Buchanan was a member of what political party when he was elected U.S. President?
(a) The Federalist Party.
(b) The Republican Party.
(c) The Democratic Party.
(d) The Whig Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a major general during the American Civil War and organized the famous Army of the Potomac?

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

3. James K. Polk was born in what year?

4. What group in American politics of the 1860s were adherents of the Democratic Party who demanded a more aggressive policy toward the Confederacy and supported the policies of President Abraham Lincoln when the Civil War broke out?

5. What Pennsylvania governor was a staunch defender of the war effort and Lincoln Administration policies during the Civil War?

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