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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The title of Chapter 17 comes from a line of the poem “Harlem” written by whom?
(a) Langston Hughes
(b) Percy Shelley
(c) E. B. White
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr

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

3. According to the author in Chapter 4, in 1700 colonial trade equaled £500,000; by 1770 it totaled how much?
(a) £1,000,000
(b) £800,000
(c) £2,800,000
(d) £1,500,000

4. The author states in Chapter 2 that the history of slavery in the United States traces back to where?
(a) Virginia
(b) Kentucky
(c) Mississippi
(d) Louisiana

5. When did the Philippine-American War take place?
(a) 1895-1898
(b) 1865-1870
(c) 1799-1815
(d) 1899-1902

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the American Railway Union founded?

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

3. The Third Seminole War began in what year?

4. When did the Stono Rebellion take place?

5. For what utopian novel is Edward Bellamy most famous?

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