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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 was the Treaty of Paris signed?
(a) July 28, 1629
(b) May 15, 1729
(c) February 10, 1763
(d) September 18, 1734

2. Where was W. E. B. Du Bois born?
(a) Great Barrington, Massachusetts
(b) Concord, Massachusetts
(c) New York, New York
(d) Portland, Maine

3. 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?
(a) Nathan Bacon
(b) Bartolome de las Casas
(c) Martín Alonso Pinzón
(d) William Berkeley

4. The Preparedness Day Bombing took place on what date?
(a) July 22, 1916
(b) March 10, 1929
(c) August 12, 1898
(d) September 15, 1900

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of Chapter 6 in A People’s History of the United States?

3. 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?

4. Bacon's Rebellion started due to a conflict over how the settlers should deal with what issue?

5. When was Amnesty International founded?

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