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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Anti-Rent War was also known by what name?
(a) The Helderberg War
(b) The Mondale War
(c) The Hunt War
(d) The Powderly War

3. 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?
(a) The Kentucky compromise
(b) The Atlanta compromise
(c) The Jackson compromise
(d) The Jim Crow compromise

4. 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?
(a) Martín Alonso Pinzón
(b) William Berkeley
(c) Bartolome de las Casas
(d) Jonathan Schell

5. Who founded the first school for women’s higher education, the Troy Female Seminary?
(a) Harriot Hunt
(b) Emma Willard
(c) Edna Calley
(d) Betty Friedan

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where did the Dorr Rebellion take place?

3. What is the title of Chapter 7?

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

5. When did Christopher Columbus first encounter the Arawak people?

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