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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. How many people participated in the march for women's suffrage in Washington, D.C. in 1913?

2. How many tons of molasses poured out of the USIA company's huge container, igniting the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

3. The National American Woman Suffrage Association convention attended by Alice Paul took place in what year?

4. In front of what location are the suffragists picketing, in the photograph included just prior to the opening of Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote?

5. In what year was the Seneca Falls Convention held?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the two most effective general strategies employed by the National Woman's Party in their pursuit of women getting the right to vote?

2. Discuss the significance of the drawing entitled "The Awakening" included on page 37 of Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote.

3. What were ultimately revealed to be the two main causes of the Great Molasses Flood?

4. What conclusion does Sandler draw about the suffragettes' awareness of their predecessors in the field of civil disobedience?

5. What were the circumstances surrounding the formation of the National Woman's Party?

6. Describe the very first "suffrage parade" (40) in American history.

7. Who were the "suffrage pilgrims" (42) and how effective were their strategies?

8. Analyze a 1919 reporter's use of literary devices to vividly depict the Great Molasses Flood.

9. Analyze a 1919 reporter's words about the Great Molasses Flood and discuss how they invoke the use of sensory details.

10. For what reasons were the Western states more progressive in relation to women's voting rights than were the Eastern states?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Sandler’s reasons for shaping the introduction of the text of 1919: The Year That Changed America in the way that he does.

Essay Topic 2

What ultimate message is Sandler sending about the mythical qualities of the United States?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Sandler’s use of the motif of sound within the nonfiction work 1919: The Year That Changed America.

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