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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did the the Supreme Court hand down the Dred Scott Decision?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1759.
(d) 1861.

3. What political party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the contemporary U.S. political spectrum?
(a) The Tea Party.
(b) The Democratic Party.
(c) The Whig Party.
(d) The Republican Party.

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

5. In what state was James K. Polk born?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Kentucky.

6. In what year did Lincoln deliver a speech against the current president, criticizing his policy regarding Mexico and the struggle that was taking place between the United States and Mexico?
(a) 1795.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1759.
(d) 1848.

7. When did the Mexican-American War begin?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1833.

8. What was the name of Abraham Lincoln's wife?
(a) Sarah Todd Lincoln.
(b) Mary Elizabeth Lincoln.
(c) Mary Todd Lincoln.
(d) Elizabeth Lee Lincoln.

9. What was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1805 until June 4, 1812?
(a) The Mexican Territory.
(b) The Texas Territory.
(c) The Louisiana Territory.
(d) The Spanish Territory.

10. As they campaigned for the Senate in 1858, Lincoln and his supporters decided to invite who to debate the issues?
(a) Stephen A. Douglas.
(b) Henry Clay.
(c) Zachary Taylor.
(d) Millard Fillmore.

11. James K. Polk was born in what year?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1795.
(d) 1759.

12. In what year did Abraham Lincoln assume the Presidency of the United States?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1861.

13. When was Abraham Lincoln born?
(a) 1809.
(b) 1814.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1825.

14. For what state was John C. Fremont a U.S. Senator?
(a) California.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Ohio.

15. In 2000, Eric Foner was elected president of what organization?
(a) The Pennsylvania Historical Association.
(b) The Historical Association of New Hampshire.
(c) The Chicago Historical Association.
(d) The American Historical Association.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the author Eric Foner born?

3. Who was the eighth President of the United States?

4. What was the 19th century American belief that the United States was destined to expand across the continent?

5. James Buchanan was a member of what political party when he was elected U.S. President?

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