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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Seminole people are originally from what current U.S. state?
(a) Massachusetts
(b) Florida
(c) Maine
(d) Louisiana

2. 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?
(a) 2 million
(b) 1 million
(c) 4 million
(d) 3 million

3. The ship headed for Jamestown that J. Saunders Redding writes about in Chapter 2 carried how many slaves?
(a) 30
(b) 20
(c) 50
(d) 100

4. In what year was Mary Dyer executed?
(a) 1703
(b) 1599
(c) 1690
(d) 1660

5. When did James Polk serve as President of the United States?
(a) 1845-1849
(b) 1837-1841
(c) 1861-1865
(d) 1911-1915

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author states in Chapter 2, “It is roughly estimated that Africa lost” how many “human beings to death and slavery in those centuries we call the beginnings of modern Western civilization”?

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

4. When was the Tea Act passed by the British Parliament?

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

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