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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 100,000
(b) 30,000
(c) 80,000
(d) 20,000

2. The First Seminole War began in 1814 and lasted until what year?
(a) 1825
(b) 1819
(c) 1830
(d) 1901

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?
(a) 200
(b) 500
(c) 150
(d) 50

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

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

6. When did the Flour Riot break out in New York City?
(a) 1811
(b) 1912
(c) 1788
(d) 1837

7. What trade does the author assert was largely responsible for the growth of slavery in the United States in Chapter 9?
(a) The gold trade
(b) The coal trade
(c) The hemp trade
(d) The cotton trade

8. The author states in Chapter 1 that it is said the source of information of Columbus’s conquests on the islands was written down by a young priest named what?
(a) William Berkeley
(b) Bartolome de las Casas
(c) Jonathan Schell
(d) Martín Alonso Pinzón

9. The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by what U.S. President?
(a) Abraham Lincoln
(b) Martin Van Buren
(c) James Polk
(d) Andrew Jackson

10. By 1619, how many blacks had already been transported from Africa to the Caribbean and South America to work as slaves, according to the author in Chapter 2?
(a) 1 million
(b) 200,000
(c) 590
(d) 100,000

11. Where was the Anti-Rent War centralized?
(a) New Hampshire
(b) West Virginia
(c) Pennsylvania
(d) New York

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

13. What title refers to the fictional story of a woman put on trial in 1747 for having an illegitimate child?
(a) The Scarlet Letter
(b) The Speech of Polly Baker
(c) The Unreported Resistance
(d) The Empire and the People

14. According to the author in Chapter 4, in 1700 colonial trade equaled £500,000; by 1770 it totaled how much?
(a) £2,800,000
(b) £800,000
(c) £1,000,000
(d) £1,500,000

15. In Chapter 2, J. Saunders Redding writes about a ship headed for Jamestown that arrived in North America in what year?
(a) 1698
(b) 1625
(c) 1619
(d) 1711

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Treaty of Paris signed?

2. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by whom?

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

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?

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

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