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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Slavery had been prohibited in Indiana and Illinois since what year?
(a) 1700.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1787.
(d) 1812.
2. Who ran for the Free Soil Party in the 1852 presidential election?
(a) Martin Van Buren.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) John P. Hale.
(d) Zachary Taylor.
3. In what year did Abraham Lincoln assume the Presidency of the United States?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1848.
4. When was John C. Fremont born?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1813.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1759.
5. In 2000, Eric Foner was elected president of what organization?
(a) The Pennsylvania Historical Association.
(b) The Chicago Historical Association.
(c) The Historical Association of New Hampshire.
(d) The American Historical Association.
Short Answer Questions
1. The Somersett's case in what year emancipated a slave in England and helped launch the movement to abolish slavery?
2. In what year did Dred Scott accompany his owners to Missouri?
3. In the 1840s, most of Lincoln's income was derived from what?
4. Who was the 14th President of the United States?
5. What was the name of Abraham Lincoln's wife?
Short Essay Questions
1. What led to the debates between Lincoln and Douglas in Chapter 4? What was their impact?
2. What did President Buchanan declare in the wake of the Dred Scott Decision?
3. What was Lincoln's main aim in criticizing President Polk, as discussed in Chapter 2?
4. How did the abolitionist movement evolve during Taylor's presidency, as discussed in Chapter 2?
5. What laws prevented equality between states of the North and South, as discussed in Chapter 1?
6. How did Lincoln's political associations change in the 1850s? What party had he been affiliated with?
7. Where was Lincoln's income mostly derived in the 1840s? What does the author write about Lincoln's profession in Chapter 2?
8. What was Lincoln's political involvement during the late 1840s? What notable speech did Lincoln give at this time?
9. What was the central political issue regarding slavery in the 1840s, as discussed in Chapter 2?
10. What does the author relate of Lincoln's early childhood in Chapter 1? Where was Lincoln born?
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