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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery" selected as the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, Lincoln Prize and the Bancroft Prize?
(a) 2008.
(b) 1998.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2011.

2. To what political party did James K. Polk belong?
(a) The Free Soil Party.
(b) The Democratic Party.
(c) The Republican Party.
(d) The Whig Party.

3. What was the name of John C. Fremont's mother?
(a) Elizabeth Anderson.
(b) Sarah Elizabeth Newton.
(c) Anne Beverly Whiting.
(d) Anne Jefferson Smith.

4. Britain banned the importation of African slaves in its colonies in what year?
(a) 1782.
(b) 1759.
(c) 1807.
(d) 1772.

5. There are well documented trips Lincoln made down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in both 1828 and what year?
(a) 1840.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1831.

6. Pennsylvania passed An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery in what year?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1782.
(c) 1772.
(d) 1780.

7. Abraham Lincoln's wife was the daughter of a what?
(a) Painter.
(b) Actor.
(c) Banker.
(d) Farmer.

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

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

10. What refers to the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory?
(a) Sovereignty.
(b) Congruity.
(c) Catalysm.
(d) Union.

11. The Somersett's case in what year emancipated a slave in England and helped launch the movement to abolish slavery?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1772.
(c) 1745.
(d) 1782.

12. Where was Eric Foner born?
(a) New York, NY.
(b) Chicago, IL.
(c) Little Rock, AR.
(d) Akron, OH.

13. What is the framework for the organization of the United States government and for the relationship of the federal government with the states, citizens, and all people within the United States?
(a) The Ten Amendments.
(b) The Constitution.
(c) The Ten Commandments.
(d) The Bill of Rights.

14. In what year did Abraham Lincoln present his House Divided speech?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1820.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1860.

15. Slavery had been prohibited in Indiana and Illinois since what year?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1787.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1700.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a minor political party in the United States in the 1840s which was an early advocate of the abolitionist cause?

2. James Buchanan was which President of the United States?

3. When was the Missouri Compromise enacted?

4. The federal government had prohibited slavery within the Wisconsin Territory in the Missouri Compromise in what year?

5. Who was the 12th President of the United States?

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