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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Christopher Columbus first encounter the Arawak people?
(a) 1502
(b) 1499
(c) 1479
(d) 1492

2. 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

3. Sam Davis was hung by a mob in Harrodsburg, Kentucky in what year?
(a) 1852
(b) 1811
(c) 1868
(d) 1902

4. When did the My Lai Massacre take place?
(a) May 30, 1962
(b) March 16, 1968
(c) June 15, 1969
(d) July 13, 1967

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the most important leader in the Knights of Labor?

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

3. When did the Spanish-American War end?

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. What author spent a night in jail for refusing to pay his Massachusetts Poll Tax because he opposed the Mexican-American War?

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