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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery" selected as the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, Lincoln Prize and the Bancroft Prize?
(a) 1998.
(b) 2008.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2009.

2. The Dred Scott Decision was a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent brought into the United States and held as slaves (or their descendants) were what?
(a) Free to vote.
(b) Not protected by the Constitution.
(c) Protected by the Constitution.
(d) Freed men.

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

4. When was John C. Fremont born?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1813.
(c) 1759.
(d) 1833.

5. Who was the maternal grandmother who raised Frederick Douglass until the age of 7?
(a) Marie Bailey.
(b) Sarah Hale.
(c) Betty Bailey.
(d) Josephine Hale.

Short Answer Questions

1. Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation under his authority as what under Article II, section 2 of the United States Constitution?

2. Britain abolished slavery throughout the British Empire with the Slavery Abolition Act in what year?

3. What was the name of a major command of the United States Army during the 19th century which oversaw the military affairs in the country west of the Mississippi River to the borders of California and Oregon?

4. When did Lincoln publish his Emancipation Proclamation?

5. When was James Buchanan born?

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