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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 was the name of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) Little Boy
(b) Blue Tear
(c) Fat Man
(d) Black Rocket
2. When did the Philippine-American War take place?
(a) 1799-1815
(b) 1865-1870
(c) 1895-1898
(d) 1899-1902
3. Angela Davis emerged as a nationally prominent activist and radical in the 1960s, as a leader of what political party?
(a) The Communist Party USA
(b) The Republican Party
(c) The Democratic Party
(d) The Socialist Party of America
4. When did World War I begin?
(a) July 28, 1914
(b) March 27, 1925
(c) September 15, 1900
(d) August 12, 1898
5. What term refers to an ideology and movement that encourages the solidarity of Africans worldwide?
(a) Pan-Africanism
(b) Black Legionism
(c) African Culturism
(d) Anarchism
Short Answer Questions
1. The title of Chapter 17 comes from a line of the poem “Harlem” written by whom?
2. Who was elected president of the American Federation of Labor at its founding convention?
3. 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?
4. The People’s Party, or the “Populists” was a short-lived political party established in what year?
5. In what year did Richard Nixon resign as President of the United States?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Zinn describe the differences between the upper and lower classes regarding their trust in the government in Chapter 20?
2. What developments emerged to fight back against the growing power of corporations prior to World War I, according to the author in Chapter 13?
3. What were the “Pentagon Papers”? How did these documents come to light?
4. How did the Industrial Revolution impact the common people, according to the author in Chapter 11?
5. How does Howard Zinn describe the causes and effects of the Great Depression in Chapter 15?
6. What quote of Randolph Bourne is discussed in Chapter 14? How does Zinn assert Bourne’s quote is correct?
7. How does Howard Zinn describe the increasing power of banks as a result of the Industrial Revolution in Chapter 13?
8. How does the author describe the position of women in society in the 1960s in Chapter 19?
9. What literary figures does Howard Zinn laud for their activism during American imperialism in Chapter 13?
10. When did the My Lai Massacre take place? How is this event described in Chapter 18?
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