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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the American Colonization Society founded?
(a) 1816.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1825.
(d) 1795.

2. In what year did Lincoln give a speech denouncing America's new policy regarding slavery in new western territories, as described in Chapter 3?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1759.
(d) 1818.

3. What nickname did Stephen A. Douglas have in politics?
(a) "Little Giant."
(b) "The Great Bear."
(c) "Giant Tortoise."
(d) "Goliath."

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

5. 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) William Lloyd Garrison.
(b) Martin Van Buren.
(c) David Ruggles.
(d) John P. Hale.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution adopted?

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

3. Spain enacted the first European law abolishing colonial slavery in what year?

4. William H. Seward was the 12th governor of what state?

5. When was "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery" selected as the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, Lincoln Prize and the Bancroft Prize?

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