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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Republic of Texas was an independent sovereign nation in North America from 1836 until what year?
(a) 1859
(b) 1862
(c) 1846
(d) 1923

2. In what year did President Harry S. Truman issue Executive Order 9981?
(a) 1899
(b) 1902
(c) 1865
(d) 1848

3. Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by whom?
(a) Nathan Bacon
(b) Johnathan Bacon
(c) James Bacon
(d) William Bacon

4. What term refers to the period of feminist activity that first began in the early 1960s in the United States, and eventually spread throughout the Western world?
(a) Reverse feminism
(b) Neo-feminism
(c) Cultural feminism
(d) Second-wave feminism

5. The author notes in Chapter 4 that by 1760, there had been how many uprisings designed to create a coup to overthrown various branches of the colonial governments?
(a) 5
(b) 18
(c) 32
(d) 25

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Richard Nixon resign as President of the United States?

2. What is the title of Chapter 14?

3. During what years did Jimmy Carter serve as President of the United States?

4. What term refers to a political philosophy that advocates stateless societies based on non-hierarchical free associations?

5. When did Christopher Columbus first encounter the Arawak people?

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