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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 First Seminole War began in 1814 and lasted until what year?
(a) 1825
(b) 1901
(c) 1830
(d) 1819

2. 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?
(a) The Molly Maguires
(b) The Cupie Dolls
(c) The Lowell Mill Girls
(d) The Sisters of Mercy

3. When did Christopher Columbus first encounter the Arawak people?
(a) 1479
(b) 1502
(c) 1499
(d) 1492

4. The Anti-Rent War was also known by what name?
(a) The Hunt War
(b) The Powderly War
(c) The Mondale War
(d) The Helderberg War

5. In what year was Mary Dyer executed?
(a) 1660
(b) 1599
(c) 1703
(d) 1690

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 2 that the history of slavery in the United States traces back to where?

2. When did James Polk serve as President of the United States?

3. What was the name of the agreement struck in 1895 between African-American leaders and Southern white leaders that stipulated Southern blacks would work meekly and submit to white political rule, while Southern whites guaranteed that blacks would receive basic education and due process in law?

4. Bacon's Rebellion started due to a conflict over how the settlers should deal with what issue?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. When and where did Dorr’s Rebellion occur? How does the author describe the surrounding circumstances of this event in Chapter 10?

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

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

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

8. Where does the author assert the history of slavery in the U.S. originated in Chapter 2?

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

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

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