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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. How many members comprise the U.S. House of Representatives?
(a) 435.
(b) 615.
(c) 120.
(d) 522.

2. Where was John C. Breckinridge born?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Kansas.

3. Who was the 12th President of the United States?
(a) Andrew Jackson.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Zachary Taylor.

4. In what year did Dred Scott accompany his owners to Missouri?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1759.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1830.

5. What does GOP stand for?
(a) Great Old Politics.
(b) Governor of Politics.
(c) Grand Organization of Plenty.
(d) Grand Old Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Opinion of the Court in Dred Scott v. Sandford was written by what U.S. Chief Justice?

2. What was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States with the primary effect being the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States?

3. What state asked to be entered into the Union as a separate state, agreeing that all black children born after July 1863 would be free?

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

5. When was the author Eric Foner born?

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