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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Whig party began to fracture in the early part of what decade?
(a) 1840s.
(b) 1803s.
(c) 1860s.
(d) 1850s.

2. What is the framework for the organization of the United States government and for the relationship of the federal government with the states, citizens, and all people within the United States?
(a) The Ten Commandments.
(b) The Bill of Rights.
(c) The Constitution.
(d) The Ten Amendments.

3. What candidate was presented by the Constitutional Union Party in the 1860 presidential election?
(a) John C. Bell.
(b) James Anderson.
(c) John P. Hale.
(d) Zachary Taylor.

4. James Buchanan was a member of what political party when he was elected U.S. President?
(a) The Federalist Party.
(b) The Democratic Party.
(c) The Whig Party.
(d) The Republican Party.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry Clay represented what state in both the Senate and the House of Representatives?

2. What refers to the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or especially a political entity?

3. The Somersett's case in what year emancipated a slave in England and helped launch the movement to abolish slavery?

4. The Constitutional Union Party was made up primarily of former members of what political party?

5. In what year did Dred Scott accompany his owners to Missouri?

(see the answer key)

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