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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name refers to a 19th century secret society composed mainly of Irish and Irish-American coal miners?
(a) The Cupie Dolls
(b) The Molly Maguires
(c) The Black Underground
(d) The Lowell Mill Girls

2. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by whom?
(a) King Charles I
(b) Queen Victoria
(c) King George III
(d) King Edward IV

3. Where was W. E. B. Du Bois born?
(a) New York, New York
(b) Great Barrington, Massachusetts
(c) Concord, Massachusetts
(d) Portland, Maine

4. When did Great Britain impose the Stamp Act, requiring that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper made in London?
(a) 1745
(b) 1765
(c) 1779
(d) 1750

5. When did the Seven Years’ War begin?
(a) 1730
(b) 1779
(c) 1801
(d) 1756

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Flour Riot break out in New York City?

2. According to the author in Chapter 4, in 1700 colonial trade equaled £500,000; by 1770 it totaled how much?

3. When did the Mexican-American War take place?

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

5. Where was the Anti-Rent War centralized?

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