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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Christopher Columbus first encountered the Lucayan-Arawak Indians in a location known now as what?
(a) The Bahamas
(b) Australia
(c) New England
(d) Peru

2. 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?
(a) 5
(b) 25
(c) 32
(d) 18

3. When did the Flour Riot break out in New York City?
(a) 1837
(b) 1788
(c) 1912
(d) 1811

4. What is the title of Chapter 6 in A People’s History of the United States?
(a) Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom
(b) The Unreported Resistance
(c) The Coming Revolt of the Guards
(d) The Intimately Oppressed

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Great Britain impose the Stamp Act, requiring that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper made in London?

3. On Columbus’s second voyage for the King and Queen of Spain, he was unable to locate gold so he instead filled his ships with how many slaves?

4. The author notes in Chapter 2 that by 1800, how many blacks had been transported as slaves to the Americas?

5. 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?

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