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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by what U.S. President?
2. In Chapter 9, the author asserts that in 1790, there were 500,000 slaves in the U.S. How many slaves were there in 1860?
3. Where was W. E. B. Du Bois born?
4. What is the title of Chapter 7?
5. Bacon's Rebellion started due to a conflict over how the settlers should deal with what issue?
Short Essay Questions
1. When and where did Dorr’s Rebellion occur? How does the author describe the surrounding circumstances of this event in Chapter 10?
2. How does the author describe the beginning of the American Revolutionary War in Chapter 5? How successful were the Americans in the first battles?
3. How do we know the details of Christopher Columbus’s first encounter with the Arawak people? How does the author describe Columbus’s views of the people in Chapter 1?
4. What did Columbus discover when he returned to his fort at Navidad on his second journey, according to the author in Chapter 1? What did he take with him?
5. Who wrote the history of Columbus’s adventures in Cuba from the perspective of the inhabitants, according to the author in Chapter 1?
6. What was the first representative assembly introduced in Virginia? What were the responsibilities of this assembly regarding slavery?
7. How does Howard Zinn describe the growth in the number of slaves in the United States between 1790 and 1860 in Chapter 9?
8. Where did Christopher Columbus intend to travel when he “discovered” the Americas? Where does the author assert he actually landed in Chapter 1?
9. Why did the English send 1,000 soldiers to Virginia in 1676, according to the author in Chapter 3?
10. How does the author describe the uprisings in Kentucky and other colonies in 1760 in Chapter 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the class struggles of the nineteenth century in the United States. What corporate and government abuses led to the civil unrest in the country and the establishment of organizations to fight corruption? How effective were these organizations in protecting the common people?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss Nathaniel Bacon and the Bacon Rebellion. What were the causes of the rebellion? How many settlers, Native Americans, and African slaves were killed in the rebellion? How did the aftermath of the rebellion impact governance in the colonies and the relationship between the colonists and the British crown?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the My Lai Massacre and its impact on anti-war activists and the public perceptions of the Vietnam War. When did the trial take place which accused the involved soldiers of war crimes? Who was found guilty and what time was served?
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