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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Battle of Antietam was fought on what date?
(a) October 11, 1860.
(b) September 17, 1862.
(c) November 12, 1860.
(d) September 12, 1863.

2. Dred Scott was born a slave in what state?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Louisiana.

3. What refers to the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or especially a political entity?
(a) Secession.
(b) Succession.
(c) Embargo.
(d) Indiscretion.

4. To what political party did John C. Fremont belong?
(a) The Whig Party.
(b) The Republican Party.
(c) The Democratic Party.
(d) The Free Soil Party.

5. When was James Buchanan born?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1759.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1791.

Short Answer Questions

1. James Buchanan was which President of the United States?

2. When did the United States Civil War begin?

3. In the 1840s, Lincoln helped represent a slave owner whose slave and four children claimed to be free when the owner transported them from where into Illinois?

4. When did the Mexican-American War end?

5. What was an act of Congress during the early months of the American Civil War permitting the confiscation of any of property, including slaves, being used to support the Confederate insurrection?

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