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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. There are well documented trips Lincoln made down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in both 1828 and what year?
(a) 1831.
(b) 1840.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1818.

4. Where was Abraham Lincoln born?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Illinois.

5. What was a minor political party in the United States in the 1840s which was an early advocate of the abolitionist cause?
(a) The Liberty Party.
(b) The Green Party.
(c) The Whig Party.
(d) The Free Soil Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1805 until June 4, 1812?

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

3. Abraham Lincoln's wife was the daughter of a what?

4. Who was the 14th President of the United States?

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

(see the answer key)

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