1. Henry Clay represented what state in both the Senate and the House of Representatives?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Kentucky.

2. What was the 19th century American belief that the United States was destined to expand across the continent?
(a) Manifest Destiny.
(b) Colonialism.
(c) Sovereign Duty.
(d) Congressional Duty.

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. The Opinion of the Court in Dred Scott v. Sandford was written by what U.S. Chief Justice?
(a) Henry Clay.
(b) Roger B. Taney.
(c) Zachary Taylor.
(d) Millard Fillmore.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the framework for the organization of the United States government and for the relationship of the federal government with the states, citizens, and all people within the United States?

2. When did the Mexican-American War end?

3. For what state was John C. Fremont a U.S. Senator?

4. When did the the Supreme Court hand down the Dred Scott Decision?

5. Britain banned the importation of African slaves in its colonies in what year?

(see the answer key)

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