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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. Where was Mary Harris born?
(a) Scotland
(b) Ireland
(c) England
(d) Maine

2. 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?
(a) 1967
(b) 1971
(c) 1969
(d) 1963

3. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?
(a) 1967
(b) 1965
(c) 1969
(d) 1972

4. Who was elected president of the American Federation of Labor at its founding convention?
(a) William Berkeley
(b) Samuel Gompers
(c) Andrew Jackson
(d) Terence V. Powderly

5. When did the U.S. drop an atomic bomb over Nagasaki?
(a) June 13, 1946
(b) August 6, 1945
(c) September 12, 1944
(d) August 9, 1945

Short Answer Questions

1. During the Great Depression, unemployment in the United States rose to what percentage?

2. What platoon leader in the Vietnam War was convicted of killing 22 villagers at My Lai and was originally given a life sentence but only served three and a half years under house arrest?

3. When did Herbert Hoover serve as President of the United States?

4. When did the Korean War take place?

5. What U.S. President authorized the Japanese American internment with Executive Order 9066?

Short Essay Questions

1. What movements worked to fight against the corruption of corporations and government during the Industrial Revolution, according to the author in Chapter 11?

2. What corruptions of the government are discussed by Howard Zinn in Chapter 20?

3. How did World War I begin? How was the war perceived by the American Communist Party, according to the author in Chapter 16?

4. How had public opinion of the government changed by the 1970s, according to the author in Chapter 20?

5. What developments emerged to fight back against the growing power of corporations prior to World War I, according to the author in Chapter 13?

6. How does Zinn describe the differences between the upper and lower classes regarding their trust in the government in Chapter 20?

7. What does Howard Zinn question about the motives of World War I in Chapter 16?

8. How does the author describe the government's campaign to destroy the IWW in Chapter 15?

9. What quote of Randolph Bourne is discussed in Chapter 14? How does Zinn assert Bourne’s quote is correct?

10. How does Zinn characterize the atmosphere of rebellion during the period of American imperialism in Chapter 13?

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