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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. Dred Scott was born a slave in what state?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Louisiana.

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

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

4. Who ran for the Free Soil Party in the 1852 presidential election?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Martin Van Buren.
(c) John P. Hale.
(d) Zachary Taylor.

5. Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation under his authority as what under Article II, section 2 of the United States Constitution?
(a) "Commander in Chief."
(b) "Vice-President."
(c) "Sovereign Body."
(d) "President."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What nickname did Stephen A. Douglas have in politics?

3. What temporarily neutralized the issue of slavery and undercut the Free Soil Party's no-compromise position?

4. Who founded the abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator?

5. When was Henry Clay born?

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