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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who among Christopher Columbus’s shipmates took the Pinta on an unauthorized expedition in search of an island called "Babeque" to search for gold while in Cuba?
(a) Bartolome de las Casas
(b) Nathan Bacon
(c) William Berkeley
(d) Martín Alonso Pinzón
2. The author states in Chapter 2 that the history of slavery in the United States traces back to where?
(a) Kentucky
(b) Louisiana
(c) Mississippi
(d) Virginia
3. What is the title of Chapter 6 in A People’s History of the United States?
(a) The Intimately Oppressed
(b) The Unreported Resistance
(c) Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom
(d) The Coming Revolt of the Guards
4. Where was Amelia Bloomer born?
(a) Jamestown, Virginia
(b) Homer, New York
(c) Concord, Massachusetts
(d) Lexington, Kentucky
5. When was the United States Bill of Rights ratified?
(a) February 2, 1626
(b) December 15, 1791
(c) February 10, 1763
(d) September 18, 1634
Short Answer Questions
1. The First Seminole War began in 1814 and lasted until what year?
2. Where was W. E. B. Du Bois born?
3. The author notes in Chapter 2 that by 1800, how many blacks had been transported as slaves to the Americas?
4. What percentage of profits was Christopher Columbus contracted to receive for the goods he brought back to the King and Queen of Spain during his voyage when he accidentally encountered the Americas?
5. The Louisiana Purchase was an acquisition by the United States of lands claimed by France totally how many square miles?
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