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

2. When did the Philippine-American War take place?
(a) 1799-1815
(b) 1899-1902
(c) 1865-1870
(d) 1895-1898

3. The author notes in Chapter 2 that by 1800, how many blacks had been transported as slaves to the Americas?
(a) 1 to 3 million
(b) 10 to 15 million
(c) 5 to 10 million
(d) 15 to 20 million

4. The Knights of Labor demanded a workday that consisted of how many hours?
(a) 5
(b) 8
(c) 12
(d) 6

5. Why does author Zinn make the argument that the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were unnecessary?
(a) Nagasaki and Hiroshima were not important cities to Japan
(b) Japan had already surrendered
(c) The U.S. government had more capable weapons to ensure the surrender of Japan
(d) The U.S. government knew the Japanese were considering surrender beforehand

Short Answer Questions

1. The title of Chapter 17 comes from a line of the poem “Harlem” written by whom?

2. The Louisiana Purchase was an acquisition by the United States of lands claimed by France totally how many square miles?

3. What were the two main resources sought by Christopher Columbus on his voyage when he first encountered the Arawaks?

4. 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?

5. What term refers to a political philosophy that advocates stateless societies based on non-hierarchical free associations?

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