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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Knights of Labor demanded a workday that consisted of how many hours?
(a) 12
(b) 6
(c) 8
(d) 5

2. The word “Arawak” comes from “aru” which is the Lucayan word for what?
(a) Coconut oil
(b) Cassava flour
(c) Banana leaf
(d) Elk

3. What was the name of the agreement struck in 1895 between African-American leaders and Southern white leaders that stipulated Southern blacks would work meekly and submit to white political rule, while Southern whites guaranteed that blacks would receive basic education and due process in law?
(a) The Kentucky compromise
(b) The Jackson compromise
(c) The Jim Crow compromise
(d) The Atlanta compromise

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Ho Chi Minh born?

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

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

4. What ship in Christopher Columbus’s fleet ran aground in Hispaniola, leading him to build a fort from it?

5. What date, leading to the onset of the Great Depression, was known as “Black Tuesday”?

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