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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name refers to a 19th century secret society composed mainly of Irish and Irish-American coal miners?
(a) The Lowell Mill Girls
(b) The Black Underground
(c) The Molly Maguires
(d) The Cupie Dolls

2. Where did the Antinomian Controversy take place?
(a) The Massachusetts Bay Colony
(b) The Plymouth Colony
(c) The Province of Maine
(d) The Jamestown Colony

3. Martin Van Buren served as U.S. President during what years?
(a) 1861-1865
(b) 1837-1841
(c) 1845-1849
(d) 1911-1915

4. The Louisiana Purchase was an acquisition by the United States of lands claimed by France totally how many square miles?
(a) 828,000
(b) 523,000
(c) 645,000
(d) 234,000

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 2, “It is roughly estimated that Africa lost” how many “human beings to death and slavery in those centuries we call the beginnings of modern Western civilization”?

2. Where was Amelia Bloomer born?

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

4. Where did the Stono Rebellion take place?

5. The Indian Removal Act was signed into law in what year?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the beginning of the American Revolutionary War in Chapter 5? How successful were the Americans in the first battles?

2. How does the author describe the Sioux puberty ceremony for women in Chapter 6?

3. How is the Flour Riot of 1837 described in Chapter 10? What was the cause of the riot?

4. How does the author compare and contrast the treatment of women to that of the Native Americans in Chapter 7?

5. How does the author describe history’s depiction of women in the beginning of Chapter 6?

6. How does Howard Zinn describe the growth in the number of slaves in the United States between 1790 and 1860 in Chapter 9?

7. What positive qualities of the establishment of the United States does Zinn discuss in Chapter 4?

8. What author spent a night in jail following his protest of the Mexican-American War? Why was he arrested?

9. How does the author describe Mexico’s land area and status after 1821 in Chapter 8?

10. Where does the author assert the history of slavery in the U.S. originated in Chapter 2?

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