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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) William Berkeley
(b) Martín Alonso Pinzón
(c) Bartolome de las Casas
(d) Nathan Bacon

2. 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) £1,500,000
(d) £1,000,000

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

4. What author spent a night in jail for refusing to pay his Massachusetts Poll Tax because he opposed the Mexican-American War?
(a) James Joyce
(b) Henry David Thoreau
(c) Walt Whitman
(d) Percy Shelley

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

6. The author states in Chapter 2 that the history of slavery in the United States traces back to where?
(a) Louisiana
(b) Mississippi
(c) Virginia
(d) Kentucky

7. The Louisiana Purchase was an acquisition by the United States of lands claimed by France which took place in what year?
(a) 1803
(b) 1698
(c) 1799
(d) 1819

8. When was the Tea Act passed by the British Parliament?
(a) 1773
(b) 1776
(c) 1801
(d) 1659

9. 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) 50
(b) 200
(c) 150
(d) 500

10. 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) 20,000
(b) 80,000
(c) 100,000
(d) 30,000

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

12. In what year was Mary Dyer executed?
(a) 1599
(b) 1690
(c) 1703
(d) 1660

13. When did the Mexican-American War take place?
(a) 1798-1805
(b) 1815-1823
(c) 1823-1829
(d) 1846-1848

14. When did the Stono Rebellion take place?
(a) 1776
(b) 1659
(c) 1773
(d) 1739

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by whom?

2. Where did the Stono Rebellion take place?

3. Who founded the first school for women’s higher education, the Troy Female Seminary?

4. When did the Seven Years’ War begin?

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

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