A People's History of the United States Test | Final Test - Easy

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A People's History of the United States Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did the Haymarket affair take place in Chicago?
(a) March 27, 1825
(b) May 4, 1886
(c) February 2, 1826
(d) December 15, 1791

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

4. Eugene V. Debs ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States several times as a candidate for what political party?
(a) The Democratic Party
(b) The Youth International Party
(c) The Green Party
(d) The Socialist Party of America

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

6. 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) Cultural feminism
(b) Reverse feminism
(c) Second-wave feminism
(d) Neo-feminism

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

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

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

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

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

12. When did the Korean War take place?
(a) 1950-1953
(b) 1944-1949
(c) 1956-1959
(d) 1962-1965

13. What is the title of Chapter 14?
(a) War is the Health of the State
(b) Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom
(c) The Socialist Challenge
(d) Robber Barons and Rebels

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 12?

2. Who wrote The Feminine Mystique?

3. What did Executive Order 9981 abolish?

4. What U.S. President authorized the Japanese American internment with Executive Order 9066?

5. When did the Spanish-American War end?

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