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

2. 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 Anti-Immigration movement.
(b) The Tea Party.
(c) The Know Nothing movement.
(d) The Abolitionist movement.

3. When was Henry Clay born?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1777.
(d) 1848.

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

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

Short Answer 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?

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

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

4. To what political party did James K. Polk belong?

5. What refers to laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Henry Clay? What beliefs did Clay hold regarding slavery?

2. What was the global and national status of slavery during the late 1700s and early 1800s?

3. What was the central political issue regarding slavery in the 1840s, as discussed in Chapter 2?

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

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

6. What was significant about the 1856 presidential election for Lincoln's career?

7. Describe Abraham Lincoln's most controversial court case discussed in Chapter 2. What was the outcome of the trial?

8. What did Lincoln argue regarding free labor in the South, as described in Chapter 4?

9. How did the abolitionist movement evolve during Taylor's presidency, as discussed in Chapter 2?

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

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