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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. When was Amnesty International founded?
2. What was the name of the atomic bomb that was dropped over Nagasaki?
3. The first of the Jim Crow laws was enacted in what year?
4. What platoon leader in the Vietnam War was convicted of killing 22 villagers at My Lai and was originally given a life sentence but only served three and a half years under house arrest?
5. In what year did Emma Goldman immigrate to the United States?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Zinn characterize the atmosphere of rebellion during the period of American imperialism in Chapter 13?
2. What were the “Pentagon Papers”? How did these documents come to light?
3. How did the Industrial Revolution impact the common people, according to the author in Chapter 11?
4. What quote of Randolph Bourne is discussed in Chapter 14? How does Zinn assert Bourne’s quote is correct?
5. How had governments established order by 1877, according to the author in Chapter 11?
6. What wars emerged as a result of American imperialism? How does the author describe these wars in Chapter 12?
7. How had public opinion of the government changed by the 1970s, according to the author in Chapter 20?
8. How does Howard Zinn describe the increasing power of banks as a result of the Industrial Revolution in Chapter 13?
9. What developments emerged to fight back against the growing power of corporations prior to World War I, according to the author in Chapter 13?
10. How is the “Cold War” defined by the author in Chapter 16?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the rise of anti-war activism as seen in popular entertainment of the 1960s. How did musicians like the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and others influence the masses during this historical period? What different mediums did activists use in order to influence others? How effective were these efforts in the 1960s in ending the war? How did culture change as a result?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the colonization of the Americas and the settlements of the English, Dutch, French, Spanish, and other colonists that came to the New World to establish governance. Where did the first Puritan settlers land? What indigenous people lived in these regions? How many Native Americans died as a result of disease brought by the Europeans? How many died as a result of war and violence?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the origins, history, culture, religion, and society of the Arawak people, and how this society changed with the arrival of Columbus and his fleet. How many Arawak people inhabited the islands where Columbus landed? How many slaves did Columbus take with him?
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