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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. What was a short-lived political party in the United States active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections?
(a) The Whig Party.
(b) The Free Soil Party.
(c) The Republican Party.
(d) The Democratic Party.

2. The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was passed by the Senate on what date?
(a) April 8, 1864.
(b) January 31, 1865.
(c) December 6, 1865.
(d) August 16, 1864.

3. Henry Clay represented what state in both the Senate and the House of Representatives?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Indiana.

4. In the late 1850s, Lincoln argued that what would be much more profitable if brought to the South because the workers would much better motivated to work if they were promised wages at the end of the day?
(a) Labor unions.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Colonialization.
(d) Free labor.

5. The Battle of Antietam was fought on what date?
(a) September 12, 1863.
(b) September 17, 1862.
(c) October 11, 1860.
(d) November 12, 1860.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Lincoln make a speech in Springfield that included a discussion on the violence that surrounded the abolitionist movement in Chapter 1?

3. The Reconstruction Amendments refer to which amendments to the United States Constitution?

4. What was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the US?

5. What refers to a trend of thought that favors equality of some sort among moral agents, whether persons or animals?

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