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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. Approximately how many people were killed as a result of the firestorm from the Bombing of Dresden?

2. The Homestead Strike was an industrial lockout and strike which began on what date?

3. Where was Malcolm X born?

4. During what years did Gerald Ford serve as President of the United States?

5. What was Malcolm X’s birth name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does the author describe the beginning of the feminist movement in Chapter 19?

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 class struggles of the nineteenth century in the United States. What corporate and government abuses led to the civil unrest in the country and the establishment of organizations to fight corruption? How effective were these organizations in protecting the common people?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the chain of oppression in Jamestown and the other British colonies in the latter half of the 1600s. In the social hierarchy, where did women exist? Where were African slaves and Native Americans in the hierarchy? Who had the greatest economic control?

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