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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 7, “In 1820, 120,000 Indians lived east of the Mississippi. By 1844, fewer than” how many were left?
(a) 20,000
(b) 100,000
(c) 80,000
(d) 30,000

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

3. Where did the Antinomian Controversy take place?
(a) The Massachusetts Bay Colony
(b) The Jamestown Colony
(c) The Plymouth Colony
(d) The Province of Maine

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

5. What did Columbus find when he returned to the Navidad fort after his journey back to Spain?
(a) His sailors had married the village women
(b) The village had disappeared
(c) A fire was engulfing the ship
(d) His sailors were killed

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 6 in A People’s History of the United States?

2. The First Seminole War began in 1814 and lasted until what year?

3. The word “Arawak” comes from “aru” which is the Lucayan word for what?

4. What trade does the author assert was largely responsible for the growth of slavery in the United States in Chapter 9?

5. The Seminole people are originally from what current U.S. state?

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