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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Whig party began to fracture in the early part of what decade?
(a) 1840s.
(b) 1860s.
(c) 1803s.
(d) 1850s.

2. The focus in the 1840s was not the abolition of slavery, but was what?
(a) Women's rights.
(b) Universal health care.
(c) Agricultural rights.
(d) Curbing the spread of slavery.

3. When was Abraham Lincoln born?
(a) 1800.
(b) 1814.
(c) 1809.
(d) 1825.

4. When was the Missouri Compromise enacted?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1820.
(d) 1759.

5. In what year did the United States of America annex the Republic of Texas?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1848.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Henry Clay born?

2. What political party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the contemporary U.S. political spectrum?

3. The Opinion of the Court in Dred Scott v. Sandford was written by what U.S. Chief Justice?

4. What were cheap, tabloid-style papers produced in the middle of the 19th century?

5. In what year did Lincoln give a speech denouncing America's new policy regarding slavery in new western territories, as described in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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