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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, J. Saunders Redding writes about a ship headed for Jamestown that arrived in North America in what year?
(a) 1625
(b) 1619
(c) 1711
(d) 1698

2. The Second Seminole War began in 1835 and lasted until when?
(a) 1850
(b) 1846
(c) 1844
(d) 1842

3. Where was Amelia Bloomer born?
(a) Concord, Massachusetts
(b) Homer, New York
(c) Lexington, Kentucky
(d) Jamestown, Virginia

4. When was the Treaty of Paris signed?
(a) July 28, 1629
(b) May 15, 1729
(c) September 18, 1734
(d) February 10, 1763

5. What name refers to female workers who came to work for the textile corporations in Lowell, Massachusetts, during the Industrial Revolution in the United States?
(a) The Sisters of Mercy
(b) The Cupie Dolls
(c) The Molly Maguires
(d) The Lowell Mill Girls

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Seven Years’ War begin?

2. The Indian Removal Act was signed into law in what year?

3. When did the Mexican-American War take place?

4. What is the title of Chapter 6 in A People’s History of the United States?

5. What were the two main resources sought by Christopher Columbus on his voyage when he first encountered the Arawaks?

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