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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. What percentage of the Washington DC population was white when World War I came to an end?
(a) 85.
(b) 75.
(c) 90.
(d) 60.

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

3. What was the first name of Ogden, the man who was put in charge of determining criminal and civil liability for USIA after the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) Herman.
(b) Hugh.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Walt.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month was the Seneca Falls Convention held?

2. The period called the Red Summer actually began in which month of 1919?

3. The women in the group called the "suffrage pilgrims" (41) began their long journey in what American city?

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

5. What objects were kept burning day and night in the tactic the NWP named, "Watchfires of Freedom" (55)?

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