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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the United States Bill of Rights ratified?
(a) February 10, 1763
(b) February 2, 1626
(c) December 15, 1791
(d) September 18, 1634

2. Where was Malcolm X born?
(a) San Francisco, California
(b) New York, New York
(c) Austin, Texas
(d) Omaha, Nebraska

3. How many men did Columbus leave behind at the Navidad fort?
(a) 19
(b) 39
(c) 20
(d) 59

4. Where was Mary Harris born?
(a) Ireland
(b) England
(c) Scotland
(d) Maine

5. Where was W. E. B. Du Bois born?
(a) Concord, Massachusetts
(b) Great Barrington, Massachusetts
(c) New York, New York
(d) Portland, Maine

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 19?

2. According to the author in Chapter 7, “In 1820, 120,000 Indians lived east of the Mississippi. By 1844, fewer than” how many were left?

3. What was the name of the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima?

4. What title refers to the fictional story of a woman put on trial in 1747 for having an illegitimate child?

5. In Chapter 9, the author asserts that in 1790, there were 500,000 slaves in the U.S. How many slaves were there in 1860?

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