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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Bill of Rights.
(b) The Ten Amendments.
(c) The Ten Commandments.
(d) The Constitution.

2. Abraham Lincoln was a member of what political party from the early part of his career until the 1850s?
(a) The Democratic Party.
(b) The Free Soil Party.
(c) The Republican Party.
(d) The Whig Party.

3. How did Abraham Lincoln feel about his father, according to the author?
(a) He resented him.
(b) He was inspired by him.
(c) He worshipped him.
(d) He envied him.

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

5. What was the name of Abraham Lincoln's wife?
(a) Mary Todd Lincoln.
(b) Mary Elizabeth Lincoln.
(c) Sarah Todd Lincoln.
(d) Elizabeth Lee Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of John C. Fremont's mother?

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

3. In what year did Lincoln deliver a speech against the current president, criticizing his policy regarding Mexico and the struggle that was taking place between the United States and Mexico?

4. When did the Mexican-American War begin?

5. To what political party did James K. Polk belong?

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