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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in what year?
(a) 1930
(b) 1925
(c) 1911
(d) 1939

2. In what year did Emma Goldman immigrate to the United States?
(a) 1798
(b) 1865
(c) 1905
(d) 1885

3. During the Great Depression, unemployment in the United States rose to what percentage?
(a) 15%
(b) 20%
(c) 10%
(d) 25%

4. Where was Alexander Berkman born?
(a) Great Britain
(b) The Russian Empire
(c) Germany
(d) The Netherlands

5. Where did the first victory of the American Revolution take place?
(a) Yorktown, Virginia
(b) Lexington, Kentucky
(c) Boston, Massachusetts
(d) Jamestown, Virginia

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the American Federation of Labor founded?

2. 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?

3. In what year was Mary Dyer executed?

4. 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?

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

(see the answer key)

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