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

2. What date, leading to the onset of the Great Depression, was known as “Black Tuesday”?
(a) September 12, 1929
(b) December 12, 1930
(c) October 29, 1929
(d) June 13, 1928

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

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

5. What is defined as an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means and production and cooperative management of the economy?
(a) Socialism
(b) Communism
(c) Fascism
(d) Anarchism

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the My Lai Massacre take place?

2. The Homestead Strike was an industrial lockout and strike which began on what date?

3. 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?

4. What was the name of the atomic bomb that was dropped over Nagasaki?

5. When was The Feminine Mystique published?

Short Essay Questions

1. What literary figures does Howard Zinn laud for their activism during American imperialism in Chapter 13?

2. How does the author describe the position of women in society in the 1960s in Chapter 19?

3. How does the author describe the beginning of the feminist movement in Chapter 19?

4. How did the Industrial Revolution impact the common people, according to the author in Chapter 11?

5. How does Zinn describe the differences between the upper and lower classes regarding their trust in the government in Chapter 20?

6. What movements worked to fight against the corruption of corporations and government during the Industrial Revolution, according to the author in Chapter 11?

7. What argument does Howard Zinn make regarding the governmental reforms against racial discrimination in Chapter 17?

8. What quote of Randolph Bourne is discussed in Chapter 14? How does Zinn assert Bourne’s quote is correct?

9. What were the reasons for the period of American imperialism that began in the 1890s? Chapter 12?

10. How does Howard Zinn describe the causes and effects of the Great Depression in Chapter 15?

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