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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did World War I begin?
(a) March 27, 1925
(b) August 12, 1898
(c) July 28, 1914
(d) September 15, 1900

3. The title of Chapter 17 comes from a line of the poem “Harlem” written by whom?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr
(b) Langston Hughes
(c) E. B. White
(d) Percy Shelley

4. What is the title of Chapter 19?
(a) Surprises
(b) War is the Health of the State
(c) Self-Help in Hard Times
(d) Or Does It Explode

5. When did the Philippine-American War take place?
(a) 1799-1815
(b) 1899-1902
(c) 1865-1870
(d) 1895-1898

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

7. Who signed into law the Espionage Act of 1917?
(a) Martin Van Buren
(b) James Polk
(c) Andrew Jackson
(d) Woodrow Wilson

8. 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

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

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

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

12. The Preparedness Day Bombing took place on what date?
(a) September 15, 1900
(b) July 22, 1916
(c) August 12, 1898
(d) March 10, 1929

13. What was Malcolm X’s birth name?
(a) Malcolm Anderson
(b) Malcolm Richards
(c) Malcolm Little
(d) Malcolm Wilson

14. The first of the Jim Crow laws was enacted in what year?
(a) 1901
(b) 1836
(c) 1863
(d) 1876

15. When did the Spanish-American War begin?
(a) June 30, 1892
(b) February 10, 1763
(c) April 25, 1898
(d) May 15, 1829

Short Answer Questions

1. COINTELPRO is an acronym for what?

2. Vietnam Veterans Against the War began as a placard slogan in the staging area for the Spring Mobilization to End the War anti-war demonstration in what year?

3. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?

4. In what year did Emma Goldman immigrate to the United States?

5. What is Chapter 13’s title?

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