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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were cheap, tabloid-style papers produced in the middle of the 19th century?
(a) Penny press newspapers.
(b) Nickel press newspapers.
(c) Free newspapers.
(d) Pulp fiction.

2. When was James Buchanan born?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1791.
(d) 1759.

3. William H. Seward was the 12th governor of what state?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Illinois.
(c) New York.
(d) Kentucky.

4. When was the Missouri Compromise enacted?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1820.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1759.

5. The Emancipation Proclamation did not pertain to the slaves in the border states, leaving nearly how many people in bondage?
(a) 2 million.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 4 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was James Buchanan born?

2. What nickname did Stephen A. Douglas have in politics?

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?

4. In what year did the United States of America annex the Republic of Texas?

5. When did Lincoln introduce legislation to Congress for gradual emancipation of the slaves in the border states, but the measure failed?

(see the answer key)

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