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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: The Red Scare.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many tons of molasses poured out of the USIA company's huge container, igniting the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 11,000.
(c) 14,000.
(d) 7,000.

2. What condition contributed to a severe labor shortage in the United States during World War I?
(a) The halting of all immigration from Australia.
(b) The halting of all immigration from Europe.
(c) The halting of all immigration from South America.
(d) The halting of all immigration from Asia.

3. On January 2, 1920, Palmer authorized raids all of the country, resulting in how many thousands of arrests?
(a) 8.
(b) 24.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

4. How many people were deported using the ship nicknamed the "Soviet Ark" (104) in 1919?
(a) 46.
(b) 249.
(c) 500.
(d) 128.

5. At the height of Senator Joseph McCarthy's popularity, what percentage of the US population "believed he was doing an outstanding job of rooting out secret Communists" (107)?
(a) 30.
(b) 90.
(c) 70.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. The construction of the container owned by USIA "was overseen by" (13) what type of person, rather than an engineer?

2. In how many American cities, in total, were Communist raids carried out on November 9, 1919?

3. Sandler states that in the early twentieth century, a woman was unable to legally object if her husband decided to take what action?

4. What gesture was involved in Royal Albert Leeman's successful efforts to save lives during the Great Molasses Flood?

5. A reporter from which newspaper described the sounds associated with the disaster called the Great Molasses Flood?

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