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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When was the Missouri Compromise enacted?
2. What political party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the contemporary U.S. political spectrum?
3. In what year did Dred Scott accompany his owners to Missouri?
4. What was the first American political party, from the early 1790s to 1816?
5. What is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Lincoln's main aim in criticizing President Polk, as discussed in Chapter 2?
2. What did President Buchanan declare in the wake of the Dred Scott Decision?
3. What is ironic about Abraham Lincoln's stance on slavery during the 1856 presidential elections, as discussed in Chapter 3?
4. What factions of the Republican Party did Lincoln clash with regarding the slavery issues in Chapter 3?
5. How did the abolitionist movement evolve during Taylor's presidency, as discussed in Chapter 2?
6. What was the American Colonization Society, and what did they promote?
7. How did the abolitionists go about promoting abolition in the beginning of their movement, as described in Chapter 1?
8. What laws prevented equality between states of the North and South, as discussed in Chapter 1?
9. Who was Henry Clay? What beliefs did Clay hold regarding slavery?
10. What led to the split in the Democratic Party before the 1860 presidential election? What did Lincoln remark about this split?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the political and social ideals of Secretary of State William H. Seward and President Abraham Lincoln. On what issues did the men disagree and why?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the life of Frederick Douglass. What impact did Douglass have on the black community in America? What influence did he have on Abraham Lincoln?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the slavery laws of Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois during Lincoln's childhood. How did the laws differ from the South to the North?
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