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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James K. Polk was born in what year?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1795.
(d) 1759.

2. Pennsylvania passed An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery in what year?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1780.
(c) 1772.
(d) 1782.

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

4. In the 1840s, Lincoln helped represent a slave owner whose slave and four children claimed to be free when the owner transported them from where into Illinois?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Missouri.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the 12th President of the United States?

2. Slavery had been prohibited in Indiana and Illinois since what year?

3. What was the name of Abraham Lincoln's wife?

4. How many members comprise the U.S. House of Representatives?

5. What American political party was founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854?

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