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

2. 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?
(a) The Confederacy.
(b) Undecided states.
(c) Middle states.
(d) Border states.

3. William H. Seward was the 12th governor of what state?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Indiana.
(c) New York.
(d) Illinois.

4. The federal government had prohibited slavery within the Wisconsin Territory in the Missouri Compromise in what year?
(a) 1832.
(b) 1820.
(c) 1836.
(d) 1848.

5. Illinois had prohibited slavery in its constitution in what year when it was admitted as a state?
(a) 1836.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1832.
(d) 1819.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Abraham Lincoln born?

2. To what political party did John C. Fremont belong?

3. In what year did Abraham Lincoln present his House Divided speech?

4. What refers to laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory?

5. The Whig party began to fracture in the early part of what decade?

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