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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of profits was Christopher Columbus contracted to receive for the goods he brought back to the King and Queen of Spain during his voyage when he accidentally encountered the Americas?
(a) 40%
(b) 5%
(c) 25%
(d) 10%

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

3. What author spent a night in jail for refusing to pay his Massachusetts Poll Tax because he opposed the Mexican-American War?
(a) Walt Whitman
(b) Henry David Thoreau
(c) James Joyce
(d) Percy Shelley

4. Where was W. E. B. Du Bois born?
(a) New York, New York
(b) Concord, Massachusetts
(c) Portland, Maine
(d) Great Barrington, Massachusetts

5. Where was James Polk born?
(a) North Carolina
(b) Connecticut
(c) New Hampshire
(d) Massachusetts

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Antinomian Controversy take place?

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

3. According to the author in Chapter 4, in 1700 colonial trade equaled £500,000; by 1770 it totaled how much?

4. What were the two main resources sought by Christopher Columbus on his voyage when he first encountered the Arawaks?

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

(see the answer key)

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