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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what years did Gerald Ford serve as President of the United States?

2. What U.S. President authorized the Japanese American internment with Executive Order 9066?

3. When did Herbert Hoover serve as President of the United States?

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

5. When did the My Lai Massacre take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Howard Zinn describe the increasing power of banks as a result of the Industrial Revolution in Chapter 13?

2. How does Howard Zinn describe the causes and effects of the Great Depression in Chapter 15?

3. How did World War I begin? How was the war perceived by the American Communist Party, according to the author in Chapter 16?

4. How is the “Cold War” defined by the author in Chapter 16?

5. How had governments established order by 1877, according to the author in Chapter 11?

6. What argument does Howard Zinn make regarding the governmental reforms against racial discrimination in Chapter 17?

7. What developments emerged to fight back against the growing power of corporations prior to World War I, according to the author in Chapter 13?

8. How does Zinn characterize the atmosphere of rebellion during the period of American imperialism in Chapter 13?

9. What were the reasons for the period of American imperialism that began in the 1890s? Chapter 12?

10. What were the “Pentagon Papers”? How did these documents come to light?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the origins of African slavery in the American colonies, particularly in the colony of Virginia. How many European colonists lived in the settlement when African slaves were first shipped to the colony? How common were slaves? How much did they cost? Where in Africa and the islands did the slaves originally come from?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Marshall Plan and its influences and repercussions. When did the plan begin operation? How much money did the United States provide to Europe in order to rebuild the economy and prevent the spread of Communism? Why did the United States see Communism as an ultimate threat?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Nathaniel Bacon and the Bacon Rebellion. What were the causes of the rebellion? How many settlers, Native Americans, and African slaves were killed in the rebellion? How did the aftermath of the rebellion impact governance in the colonies and the relationship between the colonists and the British crown?

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