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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. The Third Seminole War began in what year?
(a) 1901
(b) 1869
(c) 1855
(d) 1862

5. The First Seminole War began in 1814 and lasted until what year?
(a) 1830
(b) 1825
(c) 1901
(d) 1819

Short Answer Questions

1. The Louisiana Purchase was an acquisition by the United States of lands claimed by France which took place in what year?

2. In Chapter 2, J. Saunders Redding writes about a ship headed for Jamestown that arrived in North America in what year?

3. What name refers to a 19th century secret society composed mainly of Irish and Irish-American coal miners?

4. Who among Christopher Columbus’s shipmates took the Pinta on an unauthorized expedition in search of an island called "Babeque" to search for gold while in Cuba?

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

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