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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Christopher Columbus first encountered the Lucayan-Arawak Indians in a location known now as what?
(a) New England
(b) The Bahamas
(c) Peru
(d) Australia

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

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

5. Who wrote the memoir entitled Glances and Glimpses; Or, Fifty Years' Social, Including Twenty Years' Professional Life?
(a) Betty Friedan
(b) Harriot Hunt
(c) Emma Willard
(d) Jimmy Carter

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

7. When was Catharine Beecher born?
(a) 1800
(b) 1815
(c) 1698
(d) 1752

8. What name refers to a 19th century secret society composed mainly of Irish and Irish-American coal miners?
(a) The Molly Maguires
(b) The Cupie Dolls
(c) The Black Underground
(d) The Lowell Mill Girls

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

10. The Republic of Texas was an independent sovereign nation in North America from 1836 until what year?
(a) 1846
(b) 1859
(c) 1862
(d) 1923

11. Christopher Columbus erected the Navidad fort at the site of what present-day country?
(a) Haiti
(b) Brazil
(c) Peru
(d) Trinidad

12. When did the Seven Years’ War begin?
(a) 1801
(b) 1756
(c) 1730
(d) 1779

13. What is the title of Chapter 9?
(a) The Empire and the People
(b) Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom
(c) The Socialist Challenge
(d) The Coming Revolt of the Guards

14. Sam Davis was hung by a mob in Harrodsburg, Kentucky in what year?
(a) 1902
(b) 1868
(c) 1811
(d) 1852

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by what U.S. President?

2. The author states in Chapter 2 that the history of slavery in the United States traces back to where?

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?

4. When did Great Britain impose the Stamp Act, requiring that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper made in London?

5. What ship in Christopher Columbus’s fleet ran aground in Hispaniola, leading him to build a fort from it?

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