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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was James Polk born?
(a) New Hampshire
(b) Connecticut
(c) Massachusetts
(d) North Carolina

2. The Louisiana Purchase was an acquisition by the United States of lands claimed by France which took place in what year?
(a) 1803
(b) 1698
(c) 1799
(d) 1819

3. When did the Antinomian Controversy take place?
(a) 1598-1610
(b) 1669-1672
(c) 1636-1638
(d) 1711-1713

4. By 1619, how many blacks had already been transported from Africa to the Caribbean and South America to work as slaves, according to the author in Chapter 2?
(a) 1 million
(b) 590
(c) 100,000
(d) 200,000

5. What were the two main resources sought by Christopher Columbus on his voyage when he first encountered the Arawaks?
(a) Diamonds and gold
(b) Gold and spices
(c) Slaves and wheat
(d) Spices and silver

Short Answer Questions

1. The Indian Removal Act was signed into law in what year?

2. What is the title of Chapter 6 in A People’s History of the United States?

3. According to the author in Chapter 7, “In 1820, 120,000 Indians lived east of the Mississippi. By 1844, fewer than” how many were left?

4. In Chapter 9, the author asserts that in 1790, there were 500,000 slaves in the U.S. How many slaves were there in 1860?

5. Where was W. E. B. Du Bois born?

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