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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Survey of Speeches by Black Americans and Important Speeches of 1974-1997.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which state was organized by people within a region and abandoned slavery?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Missouri.

2. Who was an outspoken imperialist and pursued the expansion of the British empire?
(a) Joseph Chamberlain.
(b) George Bernard Shaw.
(c) Emmeline Pankhurst.
(d) Sir Edward Grey.

3. What disease did Elizabeth Glaser and Mary Fisher discuss at the political conventions in 1992?
(a) HIV/AIDS.
(b) Leprosy.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Small pox.

4. According to the speech "Speaking for the Consumer", what percentage is the middle class worker and consumer?
(a) 50%
(b) 60%
(c) 80%
(d) 70%

5. Which former President was compared to Franklin Roosevelt, who was a courageous, virile champion of just and righteous peace, and a foe of those who put peace before righteousness?
(a) William McKinley.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Grover Cleveland.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the speech "American Labor", what was the best market for American agriculture?

2. Who was the thirty-first President of the U.S. that delivered a speech on the Bill of Rights on Constitution Day?

3. Who delivered the speech "Defense Against the Charges" and ultimately saved the speaker from the guillotine?

4. According to Mohandas Ghandi, how many inhabitants of India professed the faith of Islam?

5. According to Douglas MacArthur, what was considered to be a "global threat"?

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