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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 Louisiana Purchase was an acquisition by the United States of lands claimed by France which took place in what year?
(a) 1799
(b) 1698
(c) 1803
(d) 1819

2. What ship in Christopher Columbus’s fleet ran aground in Hispaniola, leading him to build a fort from it?
(a) The Gallega
(b) The Pinta
(c) The Nina
(d) The Santa Maria

3. The Knights of Labor demanded a workday that consisted of how many hours?
(a) 12
(b) 8
(c) 6
(d) 5

4. When Christopher Columbus returned to Spain after inadvertently landing in the Americas, he told the Queen and King of Spain that he had reached Asia and an island off of China. In reality, Columbus had traveled to what currently-known locations?
(a) To Cuba and Hispaniola
(b) To Virginia and Louisiana
(c) To California and Oregon
(d) To Maine and Massachusetts

5. What were the two main resources sought by Christopher Columbus on his voyage when he first encountered the Arawaks?
(a) Diamonds and gold
(b) Gold and spices
(c) Slaves and wheat
(d) Spices and silver

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Haymarket affair take place in Chicago?

2. For what utopian novel is Edward Bellamy most famous?

3. In what year was the first representative assembly introduced in Jamestown in the form of the Virginia House of Burgesses?

4. Where was Alexander Berkman born?

5. The author states in Chapter 2 that the history of slavery in the United States traces back to where?

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