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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, also known as the Mason and Slidell Affair, was an international diplomatic incident that occurred during the American Civil War?
(a) The Trent Affair.
(b) The MSA.
(c) The British Affair.
(d) The Mason Affair.

2. When was William H. Seward born?
(a) 1801.
(b) 1795.
(c) 1759.
(d) 1866.

3. Lincoln's Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation stated that the South had until what date to return to Union or face the freeing of their slaves immediately?
(a) September 14, 1862.
(b) October 1, 1864.
(c) January 1, 1863.
(d) January 1, 1862.

4. What was the name of John C. Fremont's mother?
(a) Anne Beverly Whiting.
(b) Anne Jefferson Smith.
(c) Elizabeth Anderson.
(d) Sarah Elizabeth Newton.

5. When did the Louisiana Purchase take place?
(a) 1807.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1803.
(d) 1811.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Lincoln give a speech denouncing America's new policy regarding slavery in new western territories, as described in Chapter 3?

2. Where was James Buchanan born?

3. James Buchanan was a member of what political party when he was elected U.S. President?

4. Lincoln's Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation offered gradual emancipation and what to border states and any states that returned voluntarily to the Union?

5. The Constitutional Union Party was established in what year?

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