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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the 14th President of the United States?
(a) Millard Fillmore.
(b) Zachary Taylor.
(c) Franklin Pierce.
(d) Andrew Jackson.

2. Henry Clay represented what state in both the Senate and the House of Representatives?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Indiana.

3. For what state was John C. Fremont a U.S. Senator?
(a) California.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Ohio.

4. Who was the 13th President of the United States?
(a) Millard Fillmore.
(b) Zachary Taylor.
(c) Henry Clay.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

5. The focus in the 1840s was not the abolition of slavery, but was what?
(a) Curbing the spread of slavery.
(b) Agricultural rights.
(c) Universal health care.
(d) Women's rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Mexican-American War begin?

2. When was James K. Polk elected President of the United States?

3. Eric Foner has been a member of the faculty of the Department of History at what university since 1982?

4. When was Abraham Lincoln born?

5. What movement was a nativist American political movement of the 1840s and 1850s, and was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants?

(see the answer key)

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