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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The word “Arawak” comes from “aru” which is the Lucayan word for what?
(a) Banana leaf
(b) Elk
(c) Cassava flour
(d) Coconut oil

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

3. When did Herbert Hoover serve as President of the United States?
(a) 1929-1933
(b) 1919-1923
(c) 1911-1914
(d) 1889-1903

4. What name refers to a 19th century secret society composed mainly of Irish and Irish-American coal miners?
(a) The Black Underground
(b) The Lowell Mill Girls
(c) The Molly Maguires
(d) The Cupie Dolls

5. What is defined as an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means and production and cooperative management of the economy?
(a) Socialism
(b) Anarchism
(c) Fascism
(d) Communism

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the first representative assembly introduced in Jamestown in the form of the Virginia House of Burgesses?

2. When did the Philippine-American War take place?

3. 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?

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

5. The Homestead Strike was an industrial lockout and strike which began on what date?

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