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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What movement was a nativist American political movement of the 1840s and 1850s, and was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants?
(a) The Know Nothing movement.
(b) The Anti-Immigration movement.
(c) The Tea Party.
(d) The Abolitionist movement.

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

6. The focus in the 1840s was not the abolition of slavery, but was what?
(a) Universal health care.
(b) Women's rights.
(c) Curbing the spread of slavery.
(d) Agricultural rights.

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

8. To what political party did John C. Fremont belong?
(a) The Whig Party.
(b) The Republican Party.
(c) The Free Soil Party.
(d) The Democratic Party.

9. What was the 19th century American belief that the United States was destined to expand across the continent?
(a) Colonialism.
(b) Congressional Duty.
(c) Sovereign Duty.
(d) Manifest Destiny.

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

11. What refers to a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself or one's group?
(a) Publication.
(b) Propaganda.
(c) Insurrection.
(d) Tabloid.

12. What American political party was founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854?
(a) The Tea Party.
(b) The Whig Party.
(c) The Democratic Party.
(d) The Republican Party.

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

14. What was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States with the primary effect being the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States?
(a) The Mississippi Ordinance.
(b) The Western Ordinance.
(c) The Northwest Ordinance.
(d) The Oregon Ordinance.

15. When was the Republican Party founded in the United States?
(a) 1854.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1833.

Short Answer Questions

1. James K. Polk was born in what year?

2. In what year did Abraham Lincoln assume the Presidency of the United States?

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

4. Dred Scott was born a slave in what state?

5. In what state was James K. Polk born?

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