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. What is Chapter 13’s title?
(a) The Empire and the People
(b) Robber Barons and Rebels
(c) The Socialist Challenge
(d) Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom

2. When did the Spanish-American War end?
(a) March 12, 1899
(b) June 24, 1799
(c) August 12, 1898
(d) September 15, 1900

3. The title of Chapter 17 comes from a line of the poem “Harlem” written by whom?
(a) Percy Shelley
(b) E. B. White
(c) Langston Hughes
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr

4. What was Malcolm X’s birth name?
(a) Malcolm Anderson
(b) Malcolm Wilson
(c) Malcolm Little
(d) Malcolm Richards

5. The Socialist Labor Party of America was established in what year as the Workingmen’s Party?
(a) 1788
(b) 1915
(c) 1876
(d) 1811

Short Answer Questions

1. The Preparedness Day Bombing was a bombing that took place where?

2. When did the My Lai Massacre take place?

3. Who signed into law the Espionage Act of 1917?

4. What is defined as an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means and production and cooperative management of the economy?

5. When was Ho Chi Minh born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Howard Zinn criticize about the U.S.’s involvement in Vietnam in Chapter 18?

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

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

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

5. How had governments established order by 1877, according to the author in Chapter 11?

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

7. What wars emerged as a result of American imperialism? How does the author describe these wars in Chapter 12?

8. What argument does Howard Zinn make regarding the governmental reforms against racial discrimination in Chapter 17?

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. What were the “Pentagon Papers”? How did these documents come to light?

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