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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 James K. Polk elected President of the United States?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1795.
(d) 1833.

2. What is Latin for a statement "said in passing"?
(a) Salovar dictum.
(b) Reiter dictum.
(c) Umber dictum.
(d) Obiter dictum.

3. In January 1862, what Republican leader in the House called for total war against the rebellion to include emancipation of slaves, arguing that emancipation, by forcing the loss of enslaved labor, would ruin the rebel economy?
(a) John P. Hale.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) Thaddeus Stevens.
(d) Frederick Douglass.

4. In what year did U.S. Army Major John Emerson purchase Dred Scott?
(a) 1820.
(b) 1836.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1832.

5. To what state did Abraham Lincoln's family move when he was seven years old?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Illinois.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Republican Party founded in the United States?

2. In what year was John C. Breckinridge born?

3. When did the Mexican-American War end?

4. Abraham Lincoln was shot while watching what play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.?

5. What does GOP stand for?

(see the answer key)

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