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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a short-lived political party in the United States active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections?
(a) The Democratic Party.
(b) The Republican Party.
(c) The Free Soil Party.
(d) The Whig Party.

2. To what political party did James K. Polk belong?
(a) The Republican Party.
(b) The Free Soil Party.
(c) The Whig Party.
(d) The Democratic Party.

3. When was "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery" selected as the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, Lincoln Prize and the Bancroft Prize?
(a) 1998.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2011.

4. James Buchanan was which President of the United States?
(a) 11th.
(b) 16th.
(c) 15th.
(d) 12th.

5. Abraham Lincoln's wife was the daughter of a what?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Actor.
(c) Painter.
(d) Banker.

Short Answer Questions

1. The focus in the 1840s was not the abolition of slavery, but was what?

2. Where was James Buchanan born?

3. Britain abolished slavery throughout the British Empire with the Slavery Abolition Act in what year?

4. 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?

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

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