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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who founded the first school for women’s higher education, the Troy Female Seminary?
(a) Emma Willard
(b) Edna Calley
(c) Betty Friedan
(d) Harriot Hunt

2. Angela Davis emerged as a nationally prominent activist and radical in the 1960s, as a leader of what political party?
(a) The Democratic Party
(b) The Communist Party USA
(c) The Republican Party
(d) The Socialist Party of America

3. During what years was Ronald Reagan President of the United States?
(a) 1977-1981
(b) 1981-1989
(c) 1973-1977
(d) 1963-1967

4. The Anti-Rent War was also known by what name?
(a) The Hunt War
(b) The Helderberg War
(c) The Powderly War
(d) The Mondale War

5. 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?
(a) 30,000
(b) 20,000
(c) 100,000
(d) 80,000

Short Answer Questions

1. Martin Van Buren served as U.S. President during what years?

2. When did the Oklahoma City bombing take place?

3. In what year did Emma Goldman immigrate to the United States?

4. The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict beginning in what year?

5. What is the title of Chapter 19?

(see the answer key)

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