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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to a trend of thought that favors equality of some sort among moral agents, whether persons or animals?
(a) Humanitarianism.
(b) Egalitarianism.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Socialism.

2. In the 1840s, most of Lincoln's income was derived from what?
(a) His architecture firm.
(b) His law practice.
(c) His medical practice.
(d) His farm.

3. What refers to a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself or one's group?
(a) Tabloid.
(b) Insurrection.
(c) Publication.
(d) Propaganda.

4. Who was an anti-slavery activist who was active in the New York Committee of Vigilance and the Underground Railroad and helped Frederick Douglass escape to freedom?
(a) John P. Hale.
(b) William Lloyd Garrison.
(c) Martin Van Buren.
(d) David Ruggles.

5. What state was named in the Emancipation Proclamation, but exemptions were specified for the 48 counties then in the process of forming a new state?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What candidate was presented by the Constitutional Union Party in the 1860 presidential election?

2. In the late 1850s, Lincoln argued that what would be much more profitable if brought to the South because the workers would much better motivated to work if they were promised wages at the end of the day?

3. In the context of the American Civil War, what refers to slave states that did not declare their secession from the United States before April 1861?

4. Who was the maternal grandmother who raised Frederick Douglass until the age of 7?

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

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