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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 is the title of Chapter 7?
(a) The Coming Revolt of the Guards
(b) Robber Barons and Rebels
(c) As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs
(d) The Socialist Challenge

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

3. The author notes in Chapter 2 that by 1800, how many blacks had been transported as slaves to the Americas?
(a) 15 to 20 million
(b) 10 to 15 million
(c) 5 to 10 million
(d) 1 to 3 million

4. When was the United States Bill of Rights ratified?
(a) December 15, 1791
(b) September 18, 1634
(c) February 2, 1626
(d) February 10, 1763

5. Sam Davis was hung by a mob in Harrodsburg, Kentucky in what year?
(a) 1852
(b) 1811
(c) 1868
(d) 1902

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where was the Anti-Rent War centralized?

3. Where did the Dorr Rebellion take place?

4. The author notes in Chapter 4 that by 1760, there had been how many uprisings designed to create a coup to overthrown various branches of the colonial governments?

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?

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