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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the United States Bill of Rights ratified?
(a) February 10, 1763
(b) December 15, 1791
(c) September 18, 1634
(d) February 2, 1626

2. Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by whom?
(a) William Bacon
(b) Johnathan Bacon
(c) Nathan Bacon
(d) James Bacon

3. 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

4. The word “Arawak” comes from “aru” which is the Lucayan word for what?
(a) Elk
(b) Coconut oil
(c) Banana leaf
(d) Cassava flour

5. 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) 10%
(b) 40%
(c) 5%
(d) 25%

6. In Chapter 9, the author asserts that in 1790, there were 500,000 slaves in the U.S. How many slaves were there in 1860?
(a) 3 million
(b) 2 million
(c) 1 million
(d) 4 million

7. The author notes in Chapter 4 that by 1760, there had been how many uprisings designed to create a coup to overthrown various branches of the colonial governments?
(a) 5
(b) 25
(c) 32
(d) 18

8. When did Christopher Columbus first encounter the Arawak people?
(a) 1502
(b) 1479
(c) 1499
(d) 1492

9. The Third Seminole War began in what year?
(a) 1901
(b) 1855
(c) 1862
(d) 1869

10. 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) £1,500,000
(c) £1,000,000
(d) £800,000

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Christopher Columbus erected the Navidad fort at the site of what present-day country?

2. The First Seminole War began in 1814 and lasted until what year?

3. What is the title of Chapter 9?

4. 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?

5. Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers against what governor?

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