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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does author Zinn make the argument that the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were unnecessary?
(a) Japan had already surrendered
(b) The U.S. government knew the Japanese were considering surrender beforehand
(c) The U.S. government had more capable weapons to ensure the surrender of Japan
(d) Nagasaki and Hiroshima were not important cities to Japan

2. When did the Spanish-American War end?
(a) September 15, 1900
(b) March 12, 1899
(c) June 24, 1799
(d) August 12, 1898

3. What was the name of the atomic bomb that was dropped over Nagasaki?
(a) Fat Man
(b) Old Man
(c) White Man
(d) Little Boy

4. Approximately how many people were killed as a result of the firestorm from the Bombing of Dresden?
(a) 22,700-25,000
(b) 25,000-30,000
(c) 10,300-11,250
(d) 32,400-40,000

5. When did the Haymarket affair take place in Chicago?
(a) December 15, 1791
(b) March 27, 1825
(c) May 4, 1886
(d) February 2, 1826

6. Who wrote The Feminine Mystique?
(a) Harriot Hunt
(b) Henry David Thoreau
(c) Emma Willard
(d) Betty Friedan

7. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?
(a) 1965
(b) 1972
(c) 1967
(d) 1969

8. What is the title of Chapter 15?
(a) War is the Health of the State
(b) Robber Barons and Rebels
(c) The Socialist Challenge
(d) Self-Help in Hard Times

9. Where was Alexander Berkman born?
(a) Great Britain
(b) Germany
(c) The Netherlands
(d) The Russian Empire

10. When was the American Railway Union founded?
(a) 1899
(b) 1893
(c) 1911
(d) 1905

11. When was Amnesty International founded?
(a) 1952
(b) 1977
(c) 1961
(d) 1914

12. What is the title of Chapter 12?
(a) The Seventies: Under Control
(b) Or Does It Explode
(c) The Empire and the People
(d) Self-Help in Hard Times

13. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in what year?
(a) 1930
(b) 1925
(c) 1911
(d) 1939

14. The Industrial Workers of the World is an international union that was formed in what year?
(a) 1905
(b) 1899
(c) 1911
(d) 1849

15. What is Chapter 13’s title?
(a) Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom
(b) Robber Barons and Rebels
(c) The Socialist Challenge
(d) The Empire and the People

Short Answer Questions

1. The People’s Party, or the “Populists” was a short-lived political party established in what year?

2. During the Great Depression, unemployment in the United States rose to what percentage?

3. When did the Cuban War of Independence take place?

4. The title of Chapter 17 comes from a line of the poem “Harlem” written by whom?

5. Who signed into law the Espionage Act of 1917?

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