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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which U.S. president publicly defended Lieutenant William "Rusty" Calley, an active participant in the My Lai massacre?
(a) Ronald Reagan.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Gerald Ford.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

2. What job or task did most Scots-Irish settlers perform?
(a) Book-keeping.
(b) Mining.
(c) Farming.
(d) Cattle-ranching.

3. Which ideology stated that the U.S. had a God-given right to spread across the continent, from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean?
(a) Manifest Destiny.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Neocolonialism.
(d) American indvidualism.

4. Where did Europeans in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries learn techniques used for long-distance sea travel?
(a) From African nations.
(b) From West Asian nations.
(c) From Arab nations.
(d) From East Asian nations.

5. What was the name of the first governing document of Plymouth Colony?
(a) The Mayflower Compact.
(b) The Bill of Rights.
(c) The Declaration of Independence.
(d) The Federalist Papers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the primary crop in Native American agriculture?

2. Which U.S. president ordered the Pike expedition?

3. Which fur trapper and entrepreneur played a role in the U.S. invasion of northern Mexico?

4. What Christian denomination did most Calvinists belong to?

5. What percentage of the 16,000 Cherokees who were forced onto the Trail of Tears perished on the journey?

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