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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 date, leading to the onset of the Great Depression, was known as “Black Tuesday”?
(a) June 13, 1928
(b) December 12, 1930
(c) September 12, 1929
(d) October 29, 1929

2. When did the Spanish-American War end?
(a) August 12, 1898
(b) March 12, 1899
(c) June 24, 1799
(d) September 15, 1900

3. Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by whom?
(a) Nathan Bacon
(b) Johnathan Bacon
(c) William Bacon
(d) James Bacon

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did James Polk serve as President of the United States?

2. When did the Stono Rebellion take place?

3. What is the title of Chapter 12?

4. The Anti-Rent War was also known by what name?

5. When did Great Britain impose the Stamp Act, requiring that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper made in London?

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