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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict beginning in what year?
(a) 1962
(b) 1955
(c) 1942
(d) 1965

2. What was the name of the atomic bomb that was dropped over Nagasaki?
(a) Little Boy
(b) Fat Man
(c) Old Man
(d) White Man

3. What title refers to the fictional story of a woman put on trial in 1747 for having an illegitimate child?
(a) The Empire and the People
(b) The Unreported Resistance
(c) The Scarlet Letter
(d) The Speech of Polly Baker

4. The title of Chapter 17 comes from a line of the poem “Harlem” written by whom?
(a) Percy Shelley
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr
(c) E. B. White
(d) Langston Hughes

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Preparedness Day Bombing was a bombing that took place where?

2. When was Amnesty International founded?

3. When did Herbert Hoover serve as President of the United States?

4. Who founded the first school for women’s higher education, the Troy Female Seminary?

5. The Third Seminole War began in what year?

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