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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 a political philosophy that advocates stateless societies based on non-hierarchical free associations?
(a) Anarchism
(b) Fascism
(c) Democracy
(d) Socialism

2. Why does author Zinn make the argument that the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were unnecessary?
(a) The U.S. government knew the Japanese were considering surrender beforehand
(b) Japan had already surrendered
(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

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

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

5. In what year did Richard Nixon resign as President of the United States?
(a) 1974
(b) 1977
(c) 1969
(d) 1981

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

7. Who was elected president of the American Federation of Labor at its founding convention?
(a) Terence V. Powderly
(b) William Berkeley
(c) Samuel Gompers
(d) Andrew Jackson

8. Where was Malcolm X born?
(a) New York, New York
(b) San Francisco, California
(c) Omaha, Nebraska
(d) Austin, Texas

9. COINTELPRO is an acronym for what?
(a) Coin-operated Telephone Program
(b) Counter Intelligence Program
(c) Collateral Intelligence Protocol
(d) Contemporary Intelligence Protocol

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

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

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

13. 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?
(a) 110,000
(b) 20,000
(c) 50,000
(d) 200,000

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Knights of Labor demanded a workday that consisted of how many hours?

2. When did the U.S. drop an atomic bomb over Nagasaki?

3. What name refers to a U.S. military operation during the Vietnam War, lasting from 1962 until 1971, that employed chemical warfare?

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

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

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