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A People's History of Massachusetts

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A Peoples History of Massachusetts game quiz
""Special Edition" of history you will rarely find in a textbook. This quiz will focus on Massachusetts history from Howard Zinn's book, "A People's History of the United States"."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. What did the Puritans NOT use as an excuse to take land from the Native Americans?
    The murder of a white trader and kidnapper of Indians
    Psalms 2:8 from the Bible
    The Mayflower Compact
    Claiming the Native Americans had a natural right, but not a civil right


2. Between 1687 and 1770 what happened to the percentage of poor adult males in Boston, which Zinn defines as those who owned no property.
    Decreased from 29% (1687) to 14% (1770)
    Decreased from 89% (1770) to 2% (1687)
    Increased from 2% (1687) to 89% (1770)
    Increased from 14% (1687) to 29% (1770)


3. Zinn states that "By 1787 there was not only a positive need for strong central government to protect the large economic interests, but also immediate fear of rebellion by discontented farmers" (Zinn, p.91). What 1786 Massachusetts event does Zinn cite as being the main reason for the fear of rebellion?
    Bacon's Rebellion
    Shays Rebellion
    Boston Rebellion
    Plymouth Rock Rebellion


4. Which is NOT true of Anne Hutchinson?
    She was put on trial for heresy and challenging the government.
    She "defied" the church fathers of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
    When she was banished, she went to Vermont.
    When she left Massachusetts 35 families followed her.


5. In what city in 1834, when a woman was fired from her job, did other women leave their looms? (One of them even climbed the town pump and made a women's rights speech).
    Gardner
    Boston
    Lowell
    Cambridge


6. What was the "Lowell system"?
    Giving workers a month each year of vacation time to rest, to make them more productive.
    A system where all male workers were replaced with female workers when they left their jobs.
    Having young female workers living in dormitories.
    An early assembly line system.


7. In what Massachusetts city did the largest strike prior to the Civil War in the United States take place?
    Boston
    Marblehead
    Lowell
    Lynn


8. Which is NOT true of Fall River, Massachusetts in the 1800s?
    Women weavers formed an independent union from men weavers.
    The women refused to take a 10% wage cut.
    3,500 looms were brought to a halt.
    The women refused to take a 10% wage cut.


9. What took place in Boston during the civil rights era of the 20th century?
    Martin Luther King frequently made speeches in Boston.
    All children were required to attend public elementary schools.
    Large amounts of money was invested to improve public schools.
    Busing of black children to white schools


10. Since this quiz is about both Massachusetts and Zinn, it seems fitting to ask, what Massachusetts school has Zinn taught at, according to his biography?
    Harvard
    Boston University
    MIT
    Amherst


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Compiled Jun 28 12