2. Who was the 14th President of the United States?
(a) Andrew Jackson.
(b) Millard Fillmore.
(c) Franklin Pierce.
(d) Zachary Taylor.

3. Who was a major general during the American Civil War and organized the famous Army of the Potomac?
(a) Zachary Taylor.
(b) Andrew Gregg Curtin.
(c) George B. McClellan.
(d) Henry Clay.

4. The Emancipation Proclamation proclaimed the freedom of how many of the nation's slaves?
(a) 4 million.
(b) 6 million.
(c) 4.2 million.
(d) 3.1 million.

5. In 1820, the American Colonization Society began sending black volunteers where to establish a colony for freed American slaves?
(a) The Pepper Coast.
(b) The Humboldt Coast.
(c) The Gulf Coast.
(d) The Gold Coast.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The Emancipation Proclamation did not pertain to the slaves in the border states, leaving nearly how many people in bondage?

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

4. When was the Wisconsin Enabling Act enacted?

5. What, also known as the Mason and Slidell Affair, was an international diplomatic incident that occurred during the American Civil War?

(see the answer key)

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