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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 is the title of Chapter 19?
(a) Surprises
(b) War is the Health of the State
(c) Or Does It Explode
(d) Self-Help in Hard Times

2. Where did the Dorr Rebellion take place?
(a) Maine
(b) Connecticut
(c) Rhode Island
(d) Massachusetts

3. What were the two main resources sought by Christopher Columbus on his voyage when he first encountered the Arawaks?
(a) Spices and silver
(b) Slaves and wheat
(c) Diamonds and gold
(d) Gold and spices

4. What percentage of profits was Christopher Columbus contracted to receive for the goods he brought back to the King and Queen of Spain during his voyage when he accidentally encountered the Americas?
(a) 40%
(b) 5%
(c) 10%
(d) 25%

5. The Industrial Workers of the World is an international union that was formed in what year?
(a) 1899
(b) 1849
(c) 1911
(d) 1905

Short Answer Questions

1. What name refers to a U.S. military operation during the Vietnam War, lasting from 1962 until 1971, that employed chemical warfare?

2. When Christopher Columbus returned to Spain after inadvertently landing in the Americas, he told the Queen and King of Spain that he had reached Asia and an island off of China. In reality, Columbus had traveled to what currently-known locations?

3. Where did the first victory of the American Revolution take place?

4. Angela Davis emerged as a nationally prominent activist and radical in the 1960s, as a leader of what political party?

5. When was Catharine Beecher born?

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