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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James Buchanan was a member of what political party when he was elected U.S. President?
(a) The Republican Party.
(b) The Federalist Party.
(c) The Democratic Party.
(d) The Whig Party.

2. What were cheap, tabloid-style papers produced in the middle of the 19th century?
(a) Penny press newspapers.
(b) Pulp fiction.
(c) Free newspapers.
(d) Nickel press newspapers.

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

4. To what state did Abraham Lincoln's family move when he was seven years old?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Illinois.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Pennsylvania passed An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery in what year?

2. 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?

3. To what political party did John C. Fremont belong?

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

5. When was James Buchanan born?

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