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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to the period of feminist activity that first began in the early 1960s in the United States, and eventually spread throughout the Western world?
(a) Second-wave feminism
(b) Cultural feminism
(c) Reverse feminism
(d) Neo-feminism

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

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

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

5. In what year did President Harry S. Truman issue Executive Order 9981?
(a) 1902
(b) 1899
(c) 1865
(d) 1848

6. What was the name of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) Fat Man
(b) Little Boy
(c) Black Rocket
(d) Blue Tear

7. The Knights of Labor demanded a workday that consisted of how many hours?
(a) 12
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 8

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

9. What is the title of Chapter 11?
(a) Robber Barons and Rebels
(b) The Empire and the People
(c) The Unreported Resistance
(d) The Socialist Challenge

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

11. During the Great Depression, unemployment in the United States rose to what percentage?
(a) 10%
(b) 25%
(c) 15%
(d) 20%

12. When did the Cuban War of Independence take place?
(a) 1865-1870
(b) 1911-1915
(c) 1799-1815
(d) 1895-1898

13. What is defined as an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means and production and cooperative management of the economy?
(a) Anarchism
(b) Socialism
(c) Communism
(d) Fascism

14. What is the title of Chapter 17?
(a) Robber Barons and Rebels
(b) Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom
(c) Self-Help in Hard Times
(d) Or Does It Explode

15. The People’s Party, or the “Populists” was a short-lived political party established in what year?
(a) 1932
(b) 1911
(c) 1915
(d) 1891

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Spanish-American War begin?

2. What is the title of Chapter 12?

3. When was Ho Chi Minh born?

4. When did the Philippine-American War take place?

5. The Socialist Labor Party of America was established in what year as the Workingmen’s Party?

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