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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: The Red Summer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The period referred to as the Red Summer actually ended in which month of 1919?
(a) September.
(b) October.
(c) November.
(d) December.

2. The first race riot of the Red Summer took place in what US state?
(a) Virginia.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Texas.

3. 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?
(a) The Executive Mansion.
(b) The Pentagon.
(c) The Washington Memorial.
(d) The Empire State Building.

4. The NAACP sent letters of warning to how many different newspapers, telling them that they were "sowing the seeds of a race riot by their inflammatory headlines" (74)?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 16.
(d) 2.

5. The first race riot of the Red Summer took place in what city?
(a) San Antonio.
(b) Houston.
(c) Charleston.
(d) Macon.

Short Answer Questions

1. The "white press" in which area of the country in particular is described as having "made the situation much worse" (73) during the Red Summer?

2. What system replaced slavery while at the same time doing little to improve the lives of those living within its structure?

3. USIA bought up as much molasses as possible before Prohibition in order to make and sell what type of alcohol?

4. When Frank McManus called for help after watching the tank's top blow off, he said, "There's a wave of molasses coming down" (16) which street?

5. Before Ogden ruled that USIA would be held financially responsible for the harm it caused to victims of the flood, how many other corporations had been deemed liable for their actions in such a way?

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