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

2. On Columbus’s second voyage for the King and Queen of Spain, he was unable to locate gold so he instead filled his ships with how many slaves?
(a) 50
(b) 200
(c) 150
(d) 500

3. What term refers to a political philosophy that advocates stateless societies based on non-hierarchical free associations?
(a) Socialism
(b) Fascism
(c) Anarchism
(d) Democracy

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

5. When was Catharine Beecher born?
(a) 1815
(b) 1800
(c) 1752
(d) 1698

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What date, leading to the onset of the Great Depression, was known as “Black Tuesday”?

3. When did the Mexican-American War take place?

4. Where was W. E. B. Du Bois born?

5. When did Christopher Columbus first encounter the Arawak people?

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