A People's History of the United States Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A People's History of the United States Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Who signed into law the Espionage Act of 1917?
(a) James Polk
(b) Andrew Jackson
(c) Woodrow Wilson
(d) Martin Van Buren

2. The Homestead Strike was an industrial lockout and strike which began on what date?
(a) March 28, 1905
(b) June 30, 1892
(c) March 27, 1825
(d) December 15, 1791

3. What is the title of Chapter 14?
(a) The Socialist Challenge
(b) Robber Barons and Rebels
(c) War is the Health of the State
(d) Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom

4. When did the Korean War take place?
(a) 1956-1959
(b) 1944-1949
(c) 1950-1953
(d) 1962-1965

5. What is the title of Chapter 11?
(a) The Empire and the People
(b) Robber Barons and Rebels
(c) The Socialist Challenge
(d) The Unreported Resistance

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Richard Nixon resign as President of the United States?

2. What name refers to a U.S. military operation during the Vietnam War, lasting from 1962 until 1971, that employed chemical warfare?

3. The Japanese American internment was the World War II internment in "War Relocation Camps" of about how many people of Japanese heritage who lived on the Pacific coast of the United States?

4. When was Ho Chi Minh born?

5. Who was the most important leader in the Knights of Labor?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the position of women in society in the 1960s in Chapter 19?

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

3. What were the reasons for the period of American imperialism that began in the 1890s? Chapter 12?

4. How is the “Cold War” defined by the author in Chapter 16?

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

7. How does Howard Zinn describe the causes and effects of the Great Depression in Chapter 15?

8. When did the My Lai Massacre take place? How is this event described in Chapter 18?

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

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

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