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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was James Buchanan born?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Illinois.
(d) New York.

3. 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?
(a) The Tea Party.
(b) The Know Nothing movement.
(c) The Abolitionist movement.
(d) The Anti-Immigration movement.

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

5. What is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives?
(a) Parliament.
(b) Judiciary Committee.
(c) The Presidential Cabinet.
(d) Congress.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When was the author Eric Foner born?

3. In what state was James K. Polk born?

4. What was a short-lived political party in the United States active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections?

5. When was the Missouri Compromise enacted?

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