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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The federal government had prohibited slavery within the Wisconsin Territory in the Missouri Compromise in what year?
(a) 1832.
(b) 1836.
(c) 1820.
(d) 1848.

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

3. The Dred Scott Decision was a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent brought into the United States and held as slaves (or their descendants) were what?
(a) Free to vote.
(b) Freed men.
(c) Not protected by the Constitution.
(d) Protected by the Constitution.

4. Who was the 13th President of the United States?
(a) Henry Clay.
(b) Millard Fillmore.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Zachary Taylor.

5. Who was the 14th President of the United States?
(a) Zachary Taylor.
(b) Andrew Jackson.
(c) Franklin Pierce.
(d) Millard Fillmore.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. To what state did Abraham Lincoln's family move when he was seven years old?

4. Where was James Buchanan born?

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

(see the answer key)

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