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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) 200,000
(b) 110,000
(c) 50,000
(d) 20,000

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

5. During what years did Gerald Ford serve as President of the United States?
(a) 1965-1969
(b) 1973-1977
(c) 1977-1981
(d) 1974-1977

6. When was The Feminine Mystique published?
(a) 1963
(b) 1959
(c) 1972
(d) 1969

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

8. Who was the first president of South Vietnam , from 1955 to 1963?
(a) Ngo Dinh Diem
(b) Mao Ze-Dong
(c) Kim Il Sung
(d) Ho Chi Minh

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

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

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

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

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

14. When was the city of Hiroshima bombed by U.S. forces?
(a) August 6, 1945
(b) September 12, 1944
(c) August 9, 1945
(d) June 13, 1946

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima?

2. Approximately how many people were killed as a result of the firestorm from the Bombing of Dresden?

3. The Industrial Workers of the World is an international union that was formed in what year?

4. The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict beginning in what year?

5. What is the title of Chapter 15?

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