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

2. Illinois had prohibited slavery in its constitution in what year when it was admitted as a state?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1832.
(c) 1819.
(d) 1836.

3. The Opinion of the Court in Dred Scott v. Sandford was written by what U.S. Chief Justice?
(a) Zachary Taylor.
(b) Millard Fillmore.
(c) Henry Clay.
(d) Roger B. Taney.

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

5. The Dred Scott ruling was the first time since what case that the Court held an Act of Congress to be unconstitutional?
(a) Anderson v. Harvard.
(b) Smith v. Madison.
(c) Clay v. Madison.
(d) Marbury v. Madison.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what state was John C. Fremont a U.S. Senator?

2. James K. Polk was which President of the United States?

3. In the late 1850s, Lincoln argued that what would be much more profitable if brought to the South because the workers would much better motivated to work if they were promised wages at the end of the day?

4. What was the first American political party, from the early 1790s to 1816?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was John C. Fremont? What relationship did Fremont have with Lincoln?

2. Where was Lincoln's income mostly derived in the 1840s? What does the author write about Lincoln's profession in Chapter 2?

3. What was the focus of Lincoln's speech in October, 1854, as described in Chapter 3?

4. What does the author relate of Lincoln's early childhood in Chapter 1? Where was Lincoln born?

5. What issues within the abolitionist movement led to new debates at the end of Chapter 4?

6. What was Lincoln's main aim in criticizing President Polk, as discussed in Chapter 2?

7. What contact with slavery did Lincoln have in his youth, as discussed in Chapter 1?

8. What was Lincoln's political involvement during the late 1840s? What notable speech did Lincoln give at this time?

9. What led to the split in the Democratic Party before the 1860 presidential election? What did Lincoln remark about this split?

10. What did President Buchanan declare in the wake of the Dred Scott Decision?

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