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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What date, leading to the onset of the Great Depression, was known as “Black Tuesday”?
(a) October 29, 1929
(b) December 12, 1930
(c) June 13, 1928
(d) September 12, 1929

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What was the name of the atomic bomb that was dropped over Nagasaki?
(a) Old Man
(b) Fat Man
(c) Little Boy
(d) White Man

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Herbert Hoover serve as President of the United States?

2. Who wrote The Feminine Mystique?

3. The first of the Jim Crow laws was enacted in what year?

4. When did the Korean War take place?

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

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