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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 12?
(a) The Seventies: Under Control
(b) Or Does It Explode
(c) Self-Help in Hard Times
(d) The Empire and the People

2. What trade does the author assert was largely responsible for the growth of slavery in the United States in Chapter 9?
(a) The hemp trade
(b) The cotton trade
(c) The gold trade
(d) The coal trade

3. The United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire comprised what side in World War I?
(a) The Axis Powers
(b) NATO
(c) The Allies
(d) The Central Powers

4. When was the American Federation of Labor founded?
(a) 1908
(b) 1865
(c) 1923
(d) 1886

5. The Industrial Workers of the World is an international union that was formed in what year?
(a) 1905
(b) 1849
(c) 1911
(d) 1899

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Alexander Berkman born?

2. What was the name of the agreement struck in 1895 between African-American leaders and Southern white leaders that stipulated Southern blacks would work meekly and submit to white political rule, while Southern whites guaranteed that blacks would receive basic education and due process in law?

3. What title refers to the fictional story of a woman put on trial in 1747 for having an illegitimate child?

4. Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by whom?

5. When was the Tea Act passed by the British Parliament?

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