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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Mary Harris born?
(a) England
(b) Ireland
(c) Maine
(d) Scotland

2. The United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire comprised what side in World War I?
(a) The Central Powers
(b) The Allies
(c) NATO
(d) The Axis Powers

3. The Homestead Strike was an industrial lockout and strike which began on what date?
(a) December 15, 1791
(b) March 27, 1825
(c) June 30, 1892
(d) March 28, 1905

4. What did Executive Order 9981 abolish?
(a) Women’s right to vote
(b) Racial discrimination in the armed forces
(c) Trade agreements with the Native Americans
(d) Slavery of African Americans

5. Who was the most important leader in the Knights of Labor?
(a) Betty Friedan
(b) Terence V. Powderly
(c) William Calley
(d) Woodrow Wilson

6. The Preparedness Day Bombing was a bombing that took place where?
(a) Reno, Nevada
(b) Los Angeles, California
(c) Albuquerque, New Mexico
(d) San Francisco, California

7. The Socialist Labor Party of America was established in what year as the Workingmen’s Party?
(a) 1811
(b) 1876
(c) 1788
(d) 1915

8. When did the My Lai Massacre take place?
(a) June 15, 1969
(b) March 16, 1968
(c) May 30, 1962
(d) July 13, 1967

9. For what utopian novel is Edward Bellamy most famous?
(a) The Sun Also Rises
(b) The Great American North
(c) Looking Backward
(d) The Trail of Tears

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

11. What was the name of the alliance comprised of Germany and Austria-Hungary during World War I?
(a) NATO
(b) The Central Powers
(c) The Axis Powers
(d) The Allies

12. Angela Davis emerged as a nationally prominent activist and radical in the 1960s, as a leader of what political party?
(a) The Republican Party
(b) The Socialist Party of America
(c) The Communist Party USA
(d) The Democratic Party

13. When was the American Federation of Labor founded?
(a) 1865
(b) 1886
(c) 1923
(d) 1908

14. What U.S. President authorized the Japanese American internment with Executive Order 9066?
(a) Woodrow Wilson
(b) Andrew Jackson
(c) Martin Van Buren
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was elected president of the American Federation of Labor at its founding convention?

2. What term refers to an ideology and movement that encourages the solidarity of Africans worldwide?

3. What was Malcolm X’s birth name?

4. Eugene V. Debs ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States several times as a candidate for what political party?

5. The Japanese American internment was the World War II internment in "War Relocation Camps" of about how many people of Japanese heritage who lived on the Pacific coast of the United States?

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