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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a minor political party in the United States in the 1840s which was an early advocate of the abolitionist cause?
(a) The Whig Party.
(b) The Liberty Party.
(c) The Green Party.
(d) The Free Soil Party.

2. Who was the 14th President of the United States?
(a) Franklin Pierce.
(b) Andrew Jackson.
(c) Millard Fillmore.
(d) Zachary Taylor.

3. When was Henry Clay born?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1777.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1848.

4. When was the author Eric Foner born?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1940.

5. Who ran for the Free Soil Party in the 1852 presidential election?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) John P. Hale.
(c) Zachary Taylor.
(d) Martin Van Buren.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Frederick Douglass born?

2. Who was the eighth President of the United States?

3. When was Stephen A. Douglas born?

4. Where was John C. Fremont commanding forces during the war and freeing the slaves of rebels whom he executed?

5. Where was Abraham Lincoln born?

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