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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Christopher Columbus erected the Navidad fort at the site of what present-day country?
(a) Haiti
(b) Trinidad
(c) Brazil
(d) Peru

2. What name refers to female workers who came to work for the textile corporations in Lowell, Massachusetts, during the Industrial Revolution in the United States?
(a) The Sisters of Mercy
(b) The Molly Maguires
(c) The Lowell Mill Girls
(d) The Cupie Dolls

3. When was the Tea Act passed by the British Parliament?
(a) 1776
(b) 1773
(c) 1801
(d) 1659

4. The Homestead Strike was an industrial lockout and strike which began on what date?
(a) June 30, 1892
(b) December 15, 1791
(c) March 27, 1825
(d) March 28, 1905

5. Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by whom?
(a) Johnathan Bacon
(b) William Bacon
(c) Nathan Bacon
(d) James Bacon

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Amelia Bloomer born?

2. What percentage of profits was Christopher Columbus contracted to receive for the goods he brought back to the King and Queen of Spain during his voyage when he accidentally encountered the Americas?

3. When was W. E. B. Du Bois born?

4. What title refers to the fictional story of a woman put on trial in 1747 for having an illegitimate child?

5. The author states in Chapter 1 that it is said the source of information of Columbus’s conquests on the islands was written down by a young priest named what?

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