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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 12 Chicago, Section 4 | Part 4, Chapter 12 Chicago, Section 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Agassiz wrote a letter to ________ stating that he had not found any real evidence of the Ice Age in South America.
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Benjamin Pierce.
(c) William James.
(d) Alonzo Potter.

2. ____________ lobbied Congress to help create a National Academy of Science.
(a) Josiah Nott and Benjamin Pierce.
(b) Benjamin Pierce and Louis Agassiz.
(c) Charles Darwin and Louis Agassiz.
(d) Charles Pierce and Louis Agassiz.

3. After Holmes returned to the army following the Battle of Fredericksburg, there was a new regiment created of black volunteers, the __________.
(a) 59th Massachusetts.
(b) 57th Massachusetts.
(c) 54th Massachusetts.
(d) 45th Massachusetts.

4. Whaling expeditions were often underwritten by agencies which were run by __________.
(a) Quakers.
(b) Protestants.
(c) Volunteers.
(d) Intellectuals.

5. Henry James Sr. became involved with all of the following religious groups except _________.
(a) Swedenborgism.
(b) Lutheran.
(c) Primitive Christians.
(d) Scottish Baptists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dewey started the laboratory school because he believed that Chicago public schools had a _________ on children.

2. Henry James Sr. was born again during the _________.

3. Benjamin and Charles Pierce were called to verify the authenticity of a will document produced by __________.

4. In September of 1876 __________ died of an overdose at the age of 46.

5. Holmes sat on the Supreme Court for _______ years.

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