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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. In what year did President Harry S. Truman issue Executive Order 9981?
(a) 1902
(b) 1865
(c) 1848
(d) 1899
2. What date, leading to the onset of the Great Depression, was known as “Black Tuesday”?
(a) September 12, 1929
(b) October 29, 1929
(c) June 13, 1928
(d) December 12, 1930
3. When was the city of Hiroshima bombed by U.S. forces?
(a) June 13, 1946
(b) August 9, 1945
(c) August 6, 1945
(d) September 12, 1944
4. When did the Korean War take place?
(a) 1950-1953
(b) 1962-1965
(c) 1944-1949
(d) 1956-1959
5. What is the title of Chapter 14?
(a) War is the Health of the State
(b) Robber Barons and Rebels
(c) The Socialist Challenge
(d) Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom
Short Answer Questions
1. When did the Cuban War of Independence take place?
2. The People’s Party, or the “Populists” was a short-lived political party established in what year?
3. What was the name of the alliance comprised of Germany and Austria-Hungary during World War I?
4. Vietnam Veterans Against the War began as a placard slogan in the staging area for the Spring Mobilization to End the War anti-war demonstration in what year?
5. Eugene V. Debs ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States several times as a candidate for what political party?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Zinn characterize the atmosphere of rebellion during the period of American imperialism in Chapter 13?
2. How had governments established order by 1877, according to the author in Chapter 11?
3. How does the author describe the beginning of the feminist movement in Chapter 19?
4. What does Howard Zinn criticize about the U.S.’s involvement in Vietnam in Chapter 18?
5. What corruptions of the government are discussed by Howard Zinn in Chapter 20?
6. How does Howard Zinn describe the increasing power of banks as a result of the Industrial Revolution in Chapter 13?
7. What wars emerged as a result of American imperialism? How does the author describe these wars in Chapter 12?
8. What were the “Pentagon Papers”? How did these documents come to light?
9. How did World War I begin? How was the war perceived by the American Communist Party, according to the author in Chapter 16?
10. How does the author describe the government's campaign to destroy the IWW in Chapter 15?
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