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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Abraham Lincoln born?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Pennsylvania.

2. What temporarily neutralized the issue of slavery and undercut the Free Soil Party's no-compromise position?
(a) The Compromise of 1840.
(b) The Compromise of 1850.
(c) The Compromise of 1812.
(d) The Compromise of 1961.

3. Who was the 13th President of the United States?
(a) Henry Clay.
(b) Millard Fillmore.
(c) Zachary Taylor.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

4. Abraham Lincoln's wife was the daughter of a what?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Painter.
(c) Actor.
(d) Banker.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the Wisconsin Enabling Act enacted?

3. Eric Foner won the Bancroft Prize in 1989 for what book?

4. When did Lincoln introduce legislation to Congress for gradual emancipation of the slaves in the border states, but the measure failed?

5. To what state did Abraham Lincoln's family move when he was seven years old?

(see the answer key)

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