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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ship in Christopher Columbus’s fleet ran aground in Hispaniola, leading him to build a fort from it?
(a) The Pinta
(b) The Santa Maria
(c) The Gallega
(d) The Nina

2. What was Malcolm X’s birth name?
(a) Malcolm Anderson
(b) Malcolm Wilson
(c) Malcolm Little
(d) Malcolm Richards

3. When was the American Railway Union founded?
(a) 1905
(b) 1899
(c) 1911
(d) 1893

4. How many men did Columbus leave behind at the Navidad fort?
(a) 20
(b) 59
(c) 19
(d) 39

5. The Second Seminole War began in 1835 and lasted until when?
(a) 1846
(b) 1850
(c) 1844
(d) 1842

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the atomic bomb that was dropped over Nagasaki?

2. Who among Christopher Columbus’s shipmates took the Pinta on an unauthorized expedition in search of an island called "Babeque" to search for gold while in Cuba?

3. What U.S. President authorized the Japanese American internment with Executive Order 9066?

4. According to the author in Chapter 4, in 1700 colonial trade equaled £500,000; by 1770 it totaled how much?

5. Vietnam Veterans Against the War began as a placard slogan in the staging area for the Spring Mobilization to End the War anti-war demonstration in what year?

(see the answer key)

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