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

2. Where did the first victory of the American Revolution take place?
(a) Yorktown, Virginia
(b) Lexington, Kentucky
(c) Boston, Massachusetts
(d) Jamestown, Virginia

3. Martin Van Buren served as U.S. President during what years?
(a) 1911-1915
(b) 1837-1841
(c) 1861-1865
(d) 1845-1849

4. 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) 32
(b) 18
(c) 25
(d) 5

5. The Republic of Texas was an independent sovereign nation in North America from 1836 until what year?
(a) 1859
(b) 1862
(c) 1846
(d) 1923

Short Answer Questions

1. Christopher Columbus erected the Navidad fort at the site of what present-day country?

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

3. By 1619, how many blacks had already been transported from Africa to the Caribbean and South America to work as slaves, according to the author in Chapter 2?

4. What author spent a night in jail for refusing to pay his Massachusetts Poll Tax because he opposed the Mexican-American War?

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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