View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the 15th Amendment ratified, granting black men the right to vote?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1870.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1890.

2. "Over" how many "individuals and companies filed lawsuits against USIA" (29) in the aftermath of the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) 425.
(b) 125.
(c) 25.
(d) 300.

3. 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) 16.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

4. Which type of official first presented Congress "with a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote" (36) in 1878?
(a) A senator.
(b) An attorney general.
(c) A vice-president.
(d) A secretary of state.

5. In what year was the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) created, with Susan B. "Anthony as its main driving force" (37)?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1869.
(c) 1881.
(d) 1908.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did President Woodrow Wilson take action in regard to the Washington, D.C. race riots described in Chapter 3: The Red Summer?

2. How many feet high were the largest waves of molasses created during the Great Molasses Flood?

3. The largest-ever suffrage parade took place in what city in November of a particular year?

4. How many children were standing near the container, scraping molasses off the tank, at the time of the disaster?

5. What percentage of the Washington DC population was white when World War I came to an end?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 210 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample