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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 which President of the United States?
(a) 11th.
(b) 12th.
(c) 10th.
(d) 13th.

2. Abraham Lincoln was a member of what political party from the early part of his career until the 1850s?
(a) The Whig Party.
(b) The Free Soil Party.
(c) The Democratic Party.
(d) The Republican Party.

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

4. When was Henry Clay born?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1777.
(c) 1759.
(d) 1848.

5. What was a minor political party in the United States in the 1840s which was an early advocate of the abolitionist cause?
(a) The Free Soil Party.
(b) The Whig Party.
(c) The Green Party.
(d) The Liberty Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Abraham Lincoln's wife was the daughter of a what?

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

3. 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?

4. Where did Lincoln make a speech in Springfield that included a discussion on the violence that surrounded the abolitionist movement in Chapter 1?

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

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