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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the novel The Last of the Mohicans?
(a) D.H. Lawrence.
(b) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(c) Stephen Crane.
(d) James Fenimore Cooper.

2. In 1805, the Choctaws ceded most of their land to the U.S. government. How much did they receive in compensation?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $60,000.
(c) $30,000.
(d) $40,000.

3. To which country did the Muskogee nation ally itself in an attempt to stop the flow of squatters?
(a) England.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

4. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, which Christian denomination represented the "elite" in the Colonial era?
(a) Quakers.
(b) Baptists.
(c) Episcopalians.
(d) Pentecostals.

5. What state was Jackson senator of?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Louisiana.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Smith convinced Powhatan leaders to feed and clothe English settlers. How did he achieve this?

2. What belief structure promoted the idea that human societies were subject to "natural selection"?

3. What was the primary revenue source for the newly formed U.S. government?

4. Where did Europeans in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries learn techniques used for long-distance sea travel?

5. What term is used by the U.S. military to describe areas behind enemy lines?

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