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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of John C. Fremont's mother?
(a) Anne Beverly Whiting.
(b) Anne Jefferson Smith.
(c) Sarah Elizabeth Newton.
(d) Elizabeth Anderson.

2. In what state was James K. Polk born?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) South Carolina.

3. 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?
(a) The Ten Commandments.
(b) The Bill of Rights.
(c) The Ten Amendments.
(d) The Constitution.

4. The Somersett's case in what year emancipated a slave in England and helped launch the movement to abolish slavery?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1772.
(c) 1745.
(d) 1782.

5. What refers to a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself or one's group?
(a) Insurrection.
(b) Publication.
(c) Propaganda.
(d) Tabloid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a short-lived political party in the United States active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections?

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

3. When was Abraham Lincoln born?

4. What refers to the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory?

5. 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?

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