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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. USIA bought up as much molasses as possible before Prohibition in order to make and sell what type of alcohol?
(a) Rum.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Tequila.
(d) Vodka.

2. In what year was the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage formed?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1901.

3. In what month of 1913 did Alice Paul's suffrage parade take place?
(a) March.
(b) December.
(c) June.
(d) January.

4. What objects were kept burning day and night in the tactic the NWP named, "Watchfires of Freedom" (55)?
(a) Socks.
(b) Copies of President Woodrow Wilson's speeches.
(c) Copies of birth certificates.
(d) Garter belts.

5. How many Western states had already granted women the right to vote by the time a national women's suffrage law was passed?
(a) 14.
(b) 21.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. About how many black families are estimated to have become homeless by the end of the 1919 race riots in Chicago?

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

4. Around what time of day did the Great Molasses Flood commence?

5. Sandler points out that the battle for women to attain the right to vote was waged for over how many years before it was resolved?

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