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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. For what utopian novel is Edward Bellamy most famous?
(a) The Great American North
(b) Looking Backward
(c) The Trail of Tears
(d) The Sun Also Rises

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

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?
(a) Cultural feminism
(b) Reverse feminism
(c) Neo-feminism
(d) Second-wave feminism

4. What was the name of the alliance comprised of Germany and Austria-Hungary during World War I?
(a) NATO
(b) The Allies
(c) The Axis Powers
(d) The Central Powers

5. Who signed into law the Espionage Act of 1917?
(a) James Polk
(b) Woodrow Wilson
(c) Andrew Jackson
(d) Martin Van Buren

Short Answer Questions

1. The Preparedness Day Bombing took place on what date?

2. Angela Davis emerged as a nationally prominent activist and radical in the 1960s, as a leader of what political party?

3. When did the Spanish-American War end?

4. When was the city of Hiroshima bombed by U.S. forces?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did the Industrial Revolution impact the common people, according to the author in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

9. What literary figures does Howard Zinn laud for their activism during American imperialism in Chapter 13?

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

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