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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1854 __________ published a two-book set entitled Types of Mankind asserting the supremacy of the white race.
(a) Nott and James.
(b) Agassiz and Glidden.
(c) Nott and Agassiz.
(d) Nott and Glidden.

2. _________ was able to integrate polygenism into the South by linking it to Christianity.
(a) Josiah Nott.
(b) George Glidden.
(c) Louis Agassiz.
(d) Samuel Cartwright.

3. Holmes was wounded ______ times during the Civil War.
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

4. _______ used his studies of Black Egyptian skulls to conclude that black people had always been slaves.
(a) William James.
(b) Samuel George Morton.
(c) Louis Agassiz.
(d) Henry James Sr.

5. In the North, people were split between the Abolitionists and the _________.
(a) Segregationists.
(b) Populists.
(c) Unionists.
(d) Pro-slavery faction.

6. In January of 1861, Richard Hallowell hired Holmes as a body guard for __________.
(a) Dred Scott.
(b) John Brown.
(c) Wendell Phillips.
(d) Lovejoy.

7. Henry James Sr. rebelled against his father and took up religion in the form of ___________.
(a) Swedenborgian.
(b) Presbyterian.
(c) Scottish Baptist.
(d) Lutheran.

8. In 1897 _________ made a speech during a monument dedication to Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.
(a) Louis Agassiz.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) Josiah Nott.
(d) William James.

9. ________ was an officer in the Union Army and was known to many as Captain for the rest of his life.
(a) William James.
(b) John Dewey.
(c) Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
(d) Oliver Wendell Holmes.

10. __________ states that since there is no unknown variable, the measurement is likely to be between the two extremes.
(a) The Law of Errors.
(b) The Bell Curve Law.
(c) The Law of Probability.
(d) The Law of Statistics.

11. During the Civil War _________ spent ninety days with the Newport Artillery, but then spent the rest of the war studying medicine at Harvard.
(a) William James.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Charles Lowell.
(d) Henry Abbott.

12. After several political battles the school was administered by _________.
(a) Eleazer Wheelock.
(b) Native Americans.
(c) John Wheelock.
(d) The original 12 member board of trustees.

13. Holmes' experiences during the war led him to believe that imposing one's beliefs would always lead to __________.
(a) Slavery.
(b) Peace.
(c) Change.
(d) Violence.

14. Holmes was not present for the Battle of Fredericksburg and viewed it as _________.
(a) Racist.
(b) A waste of humanity.
(c) A great success.
(d) Proof of his convictions.

15. The Battle of the Wilderness was fought by generals Lee and ________.
(a) McClellan.
(b) 'Stonewall Jackson.'
(c) Grant.
(d) Wright.

Short Answer Questions

1. What planet's discovery did Benjamin Pierce call 'a happy accident'

2. Henry Dana, Charles Sumner and Charles Adams wanted to use the governmental system to stop the spread of slavery. They were _________.

3. __________ is the theory stating that races originate from separate sources.

4. Benjamin and Charles caused fear in the United States because of their use of ___________ in the trial.

5. The dominant political party during the time of the Civil War was ________.

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