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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While imprisoned at the age of 20, Malcolm X became a member of what religious movement?
(a) The Nation of Islam
(b) The Society of Unitarianism
(c) The Presbyterian movement
(d) The Nation of Christianity

2. What is Chapter 13’s title?
(a) Robber Barons and Rebels
(b) The Socialist Challenge
(c) Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom
(d) The Empire and the People

3. What term refers to an ideology and movement that encourages the solidarity of Africans worldwide?
(a) Pan-Africanism
(b) African Culturism
(c) Anarchism
(d) Black Legionism

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

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

6. When did the Spanish-American War end?
(a) March 12, 1899
(b) September 15, 1900
(c) August 12, 1898
(d) June 24, 1799

7. When was The Feminine Mystique published?
(a) 1963
(b) 1972
(c) 1959
(d) 1969

8. Who wrote The Feminine Mystique?
(a) Emma Willard
(b) Harriot Hunt
(c) Henry David Thoreau
(d) Betty Friedan

9. Where was Malcolm X born?
(a) New York, New York
(b) San Francisco, California
(c) Austin, Texas
(d) Omaha, Nebraska

10. During the Great Depression, unemployment in the United States rose to what percentage?
(a) 25%
(b) 15%
(c) 20%
(d) 10%

11. When did the Haymarket affair take place in Chicago?
(a) May 4, 1886
(b) December 15, 1791
(c) March 27, 1825
(d) February 2, 1826

12. What term refers to a political philosophy that advocates stateless societies based on non-hierarchical free associations?
(a) Anarchism
(b) Fascism
(c) Democracy
(d) Socialism

13. For what utopian novel is Edward Bellamy most famous?
(a) The Sun Also Rises
(b) The Great American North
(c) Looking Backward
(d) The Trail of Tears

14. What was the name of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) Black Rocket
(b) Little Boy
(c) Fat Man
(d) Blue Tear

15. Who was the most important leader in the Knights of Labor?
(a) William Calley
(b) Woodrow Wilson
(c) Terence V. Powderly
(d) Betty Friedan

Short Answer Questions

1. What platoon leader in the Vietnam War was convicted of killing 22 villagers at My Lai and was originally given a life sentence but only served three and a half years under house arrest?

2. When did the My Lai Massacre take place?

3. When was Ho Chi Minh born?

4. Who was the first president of South Vietnam , from 1955 to 1963?

5. Why does author Zinn make the argument that the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were unnecessary?

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