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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. The Seminole people are originally from what current U.S. state?
(a) Maine
(b) Louisiana
(c) Florida
(d) Massachusetts

2. Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by whom?
(a) William Bacon
(b) Nathan Bacon
(c) James Bacon
(d) Johnathan Bacon

3. When Christopher Columbus returned to Spain after inadvertently landing in the Americas, he told the Queen and King of Spain that he had reached Asia and an island off of China. In reality, Columbus had traveled to what currently-known locations?
(a) To Virginia and Louisiana
(b) To California and Oregon
(c) To Maine and Massachusetts
(d) To Cuba and Hispaniola

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

5. What is the title of Chapter 9?
(a) Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom
(b) The Socialist Challenge
(c) The Coming Revolt of the Guards
(d) The Empire and the People

Short Answer Questions

1. The author notes in Chapter 2 that by 1800, how many blacks had been transported as slaves to the Americas?

2. Where did the Antinomian Controversy take place?

3. The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by what U.S. President?

4. What name refers to female workers who came to work for the textile corporations in Lowell, Massachusetts, during the Industrial Revolution in the United States?

5. When did the Mexican-American War take place?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do we know the details of Christopher Columbus’s first encounter with the Arawak people? How does the author describe Columbus’s views of the people in Chapter 1?

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

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

5. How are the traditions and cultures of the Native American tribes described regarding their perception of women in Chapter 6?

6. How does Howard Zinn describe the changes of the Native American population from the 1820s to the 1840s in Chapter 7?

7. How is the Flour Riot of 1837 described in Chapter 10? What was the cause of the riot?

8. How does the author describe the uprisings in Kentucky and other colonies in 1760 in Chapter 4?

9. How does the author describe Mexico’s land area and status after 1821 in Chapter 8?

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

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