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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name refers to a 19th century secret society composed mainly of Irish and Irish-American coal miners?
(a) The Black Underground
(b) The Molly Maguires
(c) The Lowell Mill Girls
(d) The Cupie Dolls

2. When was the Tea Act passed by the British Parliament?
(a) 1773
(b) 1776
(c) 1659
(d) 1801

3. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by whom?
(a) King George III
(b) King Edward IV
(c) Queen Victoria
(d) King Charles I

4. Martin Van Buren served as U.S. President during what years?
(a) 1861-1865
(b) 1911-1915
(c) 1837-1841
(d) 1845-1849

5. The Third Seminole War began in what year?
(a) 1869
(b) 1862
(c) 1901
(d) 1855

Short Answer Questions

1. What title refers to the fictional story of a woman put on trial in 1747 for having an illegitimate child?

2. Christopher Columbus erected the Navidad fort at the site of what present-day country?

3. When did the Stono Rebellion take place?

4. According to the author in Chapter 4, in 1700 colonial trade equaled £500,000; by 1770 it totaled how much?

5. In Chapter 2, J. Saunders Redding writes about a ship headed for Jamestown that arrived in North America in what year?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe Virginia’s “chain of oppression” in Chapter 3?

2. What was the first representative assembly introduced in Virginia? What were the responsibilities of this assembly regarding slavery?

3. What does the author say of “natural antipathy” in Chapter 2?

4. Why did the English send 1,000 soldiers to Virginia in 1676, according to the author in Chapter 3?

5. Who wrote the history of Columbus’s adventures in Cuba from the perspective of the inhabitants, according to the author in Chapter 1?

6. How does the author describe history’s depiction of women in the beginning of Chapter 6?

7. How does the author compare and contrast the treatment of women to that of the Native Americans in Chapter 7?

8. How does the author describe the Sioux puberty ceremony for women in Chapter 6?

9. What positive qualities of the establishment of the United States does Zinn discuss in Chapter 4?

10. What choice were the Native American people given in regard to their futures and their homes, according to the author in Chapter 7?

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