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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Ho Chi Minh born?
(a) 1935
(b) 1915
(c) 1942
(d) 1890

2. The Japanese American internment was the World War II internment in "War Relocation Camps" of about how many people of Japanese heritage who lived on the Pacific coast of the United States?
(a) 50,000
(b) 110,000
(c) 200,000
(d) 20,000

3. When did World War I begin?
(a) August 12, 1898
(b) July 28, 1914
(c) September 15, 1900
(d) March 27, 1925

4. COINTELPRO is an acronym for what?
(a) Counter Intelligence Program
(b) Collateral Intelligence Protocol
(c) Coin-operated Telephone Program
(d) Contemporary Intelligence Protocol

5. The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict beginning in what year?
(a) 1962
(b) 1942
(c) 1955
(d) 1965

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

7. Approximately how many people were killed as a result of the firestorm from the Bombing of Dresden?
(a) 32,400-40,000
(b) 22,700-25,000
(c) 10,300-11,250
(d) 25,000-30,000

8. Where was Alexander Berkman born?
(a) The Netherlands
(b) Great Britain
(c) The Russian Empire
(d) Germany

9. In what year did Richard Nixon resign as President of the United States?
(a) 1981
(b) 1969
(c) 1977
(d) 1974

10. When was Amnesty International founded?
(a) 1961
(b) 1977
(c) 1914
(d) 1952

11. Eugene V. Debs ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States several times as a candidate for what political party?
(a) The Green Party
(b) The Socialist Party of America
(c) The Democratic Party
(d) The Youth International Party

12. What is the title of Chapter 11?
(a) The Empire and the People
(b) The Socialist Challenge
(c) The Unreported Resistance
(d) Robber Barons and Rebels

13. Angela Davis emerged as a nationally prominent activist and radical in the 1960s, as a leader of what political party?
(a) The Communist Party USA
(b) The Democratic Party
(c) The Republican Party
(d) The Socialist Party of America

14. What name refers to a U.S. military operation during the Vietnam War, lasting from 1962 until 1971, that employed chemical warfare?
(a) Operation Eagle Landing
(b) Operation Sushi Chef
(c) Operation Ranch Hand
(d) Operation Orange Agent

15. The Preparedness Day Bombing was a bombing that took place where?
(a) Reno, Nevada
(b) Albuquerque, New Mexico
(c) Los Angeles, California
(d) San Francisco, California

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What term refers to a political philosophy that advocates stateless societies based on non-hierarchical free associations?

3. The United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire comprised what side in World War I?

4. The Knights of Labor demanded a workday that consisted of how many hours?

5. When did Herbert Hoover serve as President of the United States?

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