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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the American Federation of Labor founded?
(a) 1865
(b) 1886
(c) 1923
(d) 1908

2. When was The Feminine Mystique published?
(a) 1972
(b) 1959
(c) 1963
(d) 1969

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

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

5. When was Ho Chi Minh born?
(a) 1942
(b) 1890
(c) 1915
(d) 1935

6. What was the name of the alliance comprised of Germany and Austria-Hungary during World War I?
(a) NATO
(b) The Axis Powers
(c) The Allies
(d) The Central Powers

7. When did the Korean War take place?
(a) 1962-1965
(b) 1944-1949
(c) 1950-1953
(d) 1956-1959

8. Why does author Zinn make the argument that the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were unnecessary?
(a) Nagasaki and Hiroshima were not important cities to Japan
(b) Japan had already surrendered
(c) The U.S. government had more capable weapons to ensure the surrender of Japan
(d) The U.S. government knew the Japanese were considering surrender beforehand

9. Vietnam Veterans Against the War began as a placard slogan in the staging area for the Spring Mobilization to End the War anti-war demonstration in what year?
(a) 1967
(b) 1971
(c) 1963
(d) 1969

10. Who was the first president of South Vietnam , from 1955 to 1963?
(a) Ho Chi Minh
(b) Kim Il Sung
(c) Mao Ze-Dong
(d) Ngo Dinh Diem

11. When did the Spanish-American War begin?
(a) February 10, 1763
(b) June 30, 1892
(c) April 25, 1898
(d) May 15, 1829

12. The Japanese American internment was the World War II internment in "War Relocation Camps" of about how many people of Japanese heritage who lived on the Pacific coast of the United States?
(a) 50,000
(b) 200,000
(c) 20,000
(d) 110,000

13. The Socialist Labor Party of America was established in what year as the Workingmen’s Party?
(a) 1788
(b) 1915
(c) 1876
(d) 1811

14. Who was the most important leader in the Knights of Labor?
(a) Woodrow Wilson
(b) Terence V. Powderly
(c) William Calley
(d) Betty Friedan

15. What is the title of Chapter 20?
(a) The Socialist Challenge
(b) The Seventies: Under Control
(c) War is the Health of the State
(d) Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom

Short Answer Questions

1. The Industrial Workers of the World is an international union that was formed in what year?

2. Who was elected president of the American Federation of Labor at its founding convention?

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

4. What platoon leader in the Vietnam War was convicted of killing 22 villagers at My Lai and was originally given a life sentence but only served three and a half years under house arrest?

5. The Preparedness Day Bombing took place on what date?

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