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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: "William Lloyd Garrison," Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did John Cotton draft the first constitution of New England?
(a) 1636.
(b) 1674.
(c) 1695.
(d) 1632.

2. When was the modern mechanical cotton gin invented?
(a) 1802.
(b) 1794.
(c) 1718.
(d) 1825.

3. When was Cotton Mather born?
(a) 1701.
(b) 1623.
(c) 1663.
(d) 1659.

4. When was the Germantown Petition Against Slavery produced?
(a) 1616.
(b) 1688.
(c) 1640.
(d) 1653.

5. Who wrote Essay on Universal History in 1756?
(a) Voltaire.
(b) Samuel Sewall.
(c) Aphra Behn.
(d) Morgan Godwyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what publication was Ephraim W. Allen editor?

2. When did Charles II restore the English throne?

3. African Americans make up what percentage of the nation's prison population?

4. Who is referred to in Chapter 11 as "That rare segregationist who rejected polygenesis," believing "that all humans descended from Europe's Garden of Eden" (138)?

5. What act on March 26, 1790 limited citizenship to "free white persons" of "good character" (121)?

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