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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. When was the city of Hiroshima bombed by U.S. forces?
(a) August 9, 1945
(b) June 13, 1946
(c) September 12, 1944
(d) August 6, 1945

2. The Preparedness Day Bombing took place on what date?
(a) September 15, 1900
(b) July 22, 1916
(c) August 12, 1898
(d) March 10, 1929

3. Who was the first president of South Vietnam , from 1955 to 1963?
(a) Ho Chi Minh
(b) Kim Il Sung
(c) Ngo Dinh Diem
(d) Mao Ze-Dong

4. When did World War I begin?
(a) July 28, 1914
(b) September 15, 1900
(c) March 27, 1925
(d) August 12, 1898

5. In what year did President Harry S. Truman issue Executive Order 9981?
(a) 1899
(b) 1865
(c) 1848
(d) 1902

Short Answer Questions

1. The People’s Party, or the “Populists” was a short-lived political party established in what year?

2. Where was Alexander Berkman born?

3. Who wrote The Feminine Mystique?

4. While imprisoned at the age of 20, Malcolm X became a member of what religious movement?

5. When was Ho Chi Minh born?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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