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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the 1840s, most of Lincoln's income was derived from what?
(a) His architecture firm.
(b) His farm.
(c) His law practice.
(d) His medical practice.

2. To what state did Abraham Lincoln's family move when he was seven years old?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Kentucky.

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

4. Eric Foner has been a member of the faculty of the Department of History at what university since 1982?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Princeton University.

5. Britain banned the importation of African slaves in its colonies in what year?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1772.
(c) 1807.
(d) 1782.

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. There are well documented trips Lincoln made down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in both 1828 and what year?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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