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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In order to get around the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln allowed states in the South to hold what in which he required a majority of citizens to vote?
(a) An all-black election.
(b) A congressional election.
(c) An open election.
(d) A nationwide caucus.

2. What refers to a vocal group of Democrats in the Northern United States who opposed the American Civil War, wanting an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates?
(a) War Democrats.
(b) The Liberty Party.
(c) The Free Soil Party.
(d) The Copperheads.

3. How old was Abraham Lincoln when his family moved to Illinois?
(a) 23.
(b) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

4. In what year was John C. Breckinridge born?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1821.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1833.

5. On what historic date did General Benjamin F. Butler decide not to send a group of escape slaves back to their owners?
(a) September 14, 1863.
(b) May 23, 1861.
(c) March 16, 1862.
(d) May 12, 1861.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself or one's group?

2. What was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States with the primary effect being the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States?

3. How many slave states in the South immediately declared their independence when Lincoln was elected?

4. What refers to the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory?

5. How many candidates did the Democratic Party present for the 1860 presidential election?

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