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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Preparedness Day Bombing took place on what date?
(a) March 10, 1929
(b) September 15, 1900
(c) August 12, 1898
(d) July 22, 1916

3. When did the Mexican-American War take place?
(a) 1798-1805
(b) 1815-1823
(c) 1846-1848
(d) 1823-1829

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

5. What was the name of the agreement struck in 1895 between African-American leaders and Southern white leaders that stipulated Southern blacks would work meekly and submit to white political rule, while Southern whites guaranteed that blacks would receive basic education and due process in law?
(a) The Jackson compromise
(b) The Kentucky compromise
(c) The Atlanta compromise
(d) The Jim Crow compromise

Short Answer Questions

1. The United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire comprised what side in World War I?

2. When did the Cuban War of Independence take place?

3. What name refers to a 19th century secret society composed mainly of Irish and Irish-American coal miners?

4. The title of Chapter 17 comes from a line of the poem “Harlem” written by whom?

5. What term refers to an ideology and movement that encourages the solidarity of Africans worldwide?

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