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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Treaty between the United States and Great Britain for the Suppression of the Slave Trade was also known as what?
(a) The Trent Treaty.
(b) The Lyons-Seward Treaty.
(c) The Mason-Swift Treaty.
(d) The Lincoln Treaty.

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

3. When did Abraham Lincoln first meet with Frederick Douglass?
(a) June, 1865.
(b) September, 1862.
(c) August, 1863.
(d) September, 1864.

4. The Emancipation Proclamation did not pertain to the slaves in the border states, leaving nearly how many people in bondage?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 2 million.
(c) 4 million.
(d) 200,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the 1860 presidential campaign, Lincoln promoted the Republican Party as what kind of party, despite their views on slavery?

2. What refers to a trend of thought that favors equality of some sort among moral agents, whether persons or animals?

3. What was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1805 until June 4, 1812?

4. What is a foreign policy which holds that political rulers should avoid alliances with other nations, but still retain diplomacy, and avoid all wars not related to direct self-defense?

5. When was the Republican Party founded in the United States?

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