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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. Who was elected president of the American Federation of Labor at its founding convention?
2. What term refers to an ideology and movement that encourages the solidarity of Africans worldwide?
3. Who signed into law the Espionage Act of 1917?
4. What term refers to the period of feminist activity that first began in the early 1960s in the United States, and eventually spread throughout the Western world?
5. When did the Haymarket affair take place in Chicago?
Short Essay Questions
1. What were the reasons for the period of American imperialism that began in the 1890s? Chapter 12?
2. How had public opinion of the government changed by the 1970s, according to the author in Chapter 20?
3. What quote of Randolph Bourne is discussed in Chapter 14? How does Zinn assert Bourne’s quote is correct?
4. How did World War I begin? How was the war perceived by the American Communist Party, according to the author in Chapter 16?
5. How does Zinn describe the differences between the upper and lower classes regarding their trust in the government in Chapter 20?
6. How had governments established order by 1877, according to the author in Chapter 11?
7. How does Howard Zinn describe the causes and effects of the Great Depression in Chapter 15?
8. What does Howard Zinn criticize about the U.S.’s involvement in Vietnam in Chapter 18?
9. What were the “Pentagon Papers”? How did these documents come to light?
10. What literary figures does Howard Zinn laud for their activism during American imperialism in Chapter 13?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the origins, history, culture, religion, and society of the Arawak people, and how this society changed with the arrival of Columbus and his fleet. How many Arawak people inhabited the islands where Columbus landed? How many slaves did Columbus take with him?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the period of the Great Depression and its impact as seen in urban and rural communities across the United States. How did the Great Depression influence migration from the Midwest to California? What was this period of migration known as? Do you think those who lived in urban or rural environments were affected more by the Depression? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the causes and effects of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. What policy changes were enacted as a result of the movement? When did desegregation take place? What contributions to the movement were made by Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, the Communist Party, the Congress of Racial Equality, the Freedom Riders, and the Black Panther Party?
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