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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Republican Party founded in the United States?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1854.

2. In what year did Lincoln give a speech denouncing America's new policy regarding slavery in new western territories, as described in Chapter 3?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1818.

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

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

5. Eric Foner has been a member of the faculty of the Department of History at what university since 1982?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Columbia University.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1840s, most of Lincoln's income was derived from what?

2. How did Abraham Lincoln feel about his father, according to the author?

3. Stephen A. Douglas was a candidate for what party in the 1860 presidential election?

4. When did the Mexican-American War begin?

5. Where did Lincoln give a speech during the 1860 presidential campaign in which he stated that the Republicans did not want to change slavery in states where it already existed, but only wanted to stop it from expanding?

(see the answer key)

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