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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the two main resources sought by Christopher Columbus on his voyage when he first encountered the Arawaks?
(a) Spices and silver
(b) Diamonds and gold
(c) Gold and spices
(d) Slaves and wheat

2. When did World War I begin?
(a) September 15, 1900
(b) March 27, 1925
(c) July 28, 1914
(d) August 12, 1898

3. The Preparedness Day Bombing was a bombing that took place where?
(a) Albuquerque, New Mexico
(b) Los Angeles, California
(c) San Francisco, California
(d) Reno, Nevada

4. What did Columbus find when he returned to the Navidad fort after his journey back to Spain?
(a) His sailors had married the village women
(b) The village had disappeared
(c) A fire was engulfing the ship
(d) His sailors were killed

5. The Indian Removal Act was signed into law in what year?
(a) 1900
(b) 1890
(c) 1830
(d) 1860

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Amelia Bloomer born?

2. During the Great Depression, unemployment in the United States rose to what percentage?

3. What ship in Christopher Columbus’s fleet ran aground in Hispaniola, leading him to build a fort from it?

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

5. When did the Cuban War of Independence take place?

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