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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) 5
(c) 18
(d) 25

3. When did the Haymarket affair take place in Chicago?
(a) December 15, 1791
(b) May 4, 1886
(c) February 2, 1826
(d) March 27, 1825

4. When did James Polk serve as President of the United States?
(a) 1837-1841
(b) 1861-1865
(c) 1911-1915
(d) 1845-1849

5. The author states in Chapter 2, “It is roughly estimated that Africa lost” how many “human beings to death and slavery in those centuries we call the beginnings of modern Western civilization”?
(a) 6 million
(b) 3 million
(c) 20 million
(d) 50 million

Short Answer Questions

1. The People’s Party, or the “Populists” was a short-lived political party established in what year?

2. Who signed into law the Espionage Act of 1917?

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

4. According to the author in Chapter 7, “In 1820, 120,000 Indians lived east of the Mississippi. By 1844, fewer than” how many were left?

5. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in what year?

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