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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Socialist Labor Party of America was established in what year as the Workingmen’s Party?

2. What is the title of Chapter 11?

3. In what year did President Harry S. Truman issue Executive Order 9981?

4. When was the American Federation of Labor founded?

5. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in what year?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Howard Zinn describe the increasing power of banks as a result of the Industrial Revolution in Chapter 13?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the oppressions in industry in the early twentieth century. In what ways did corporate leaders segregate their workers in order to maintain oppression and order? How can this type of segregation be seen in corporations today? How does “outsourcing” relate to this concept?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the causes and effects of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. What policy changes were enacted as a result of the movement? When did desegregation take place? What contributions to the movement were made by Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, the Communist Party, the Congress of Racial Equality, the Freedom Riders, and the Black Panther Party?

Essay Topic 3

Examine and discuss the Seminole Wars, the policy of Indian removal, and the presidential administrations of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. When was the Indian Removal Act signed into law? By whom? What were the effects of this act on the Native Americans living both east and west of the Mississippi?

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