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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: "Thomas Jefferson," Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who invented the mechanical cotton gin?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Hendrik Cesars.
(c) Eli Whitney.
(d) Samuel Sewall.

2. How many times more likely were young Black males to be killed by police than their White counterparts between 2010 and 2012?
(a) 2 times more likely.
(b) 10 times more likely.
(c) 21 times more likely.
(d) 14 times more likely.

3. What church did Increase Mather helm?
(a) The North Church of Boston.
(b) The South Church of Boston.
(c) The Quaker Church of Boston.
(d) The Episcopalian Church of Boston.

4. What organization did Cotton Mather co-fund in 1683?
(a) The Society for Abolition.
(b) The Society for Free Speech.
(c) The Society for Western Enlightenment.
(d) The Boston Philosophical Society.

5. Why did Richard Mather come to America?
(a) To attend his arranged marriage.
(b) To evade the French authorities.
(c) Religious persecution.
(d) To seek gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fort were the Portuguese beginning building in 1481?

2. When did John Locke move to London to become the personal physician of Lord Cooper?

3. When was the modern mechanical cotton gin invented?

4. When did Phillis Wheatley publish her first poem?

5. When was the Germantown Petition Against Slavery produced?

(see the answer key)

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