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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Strikes and More Strikes - Chapter 6: A Noble Experiment.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) July 22.
(b) August 1.
(c) September 30.
(d) July 29.

2. In what year did Senator Joseph McCarthy's first event aimed at inciting a second Red Scare take place?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1955.

3. Carrie Nation became known for carrying what sort of weapon as she went around destroying saloons?
(a) A hatchet.
(b) A pistol.
(c) A machete.
(d) A whip.

4. The construction of the container owned by USIA "was overseen by" (13) what type of person, rather than an engineer?
(a) A doctor.
(b) An accountant.
(c) A stockbroker.
(d) A veterinarian.

5. 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) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 16.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. World War I began in July of which year?

2. About how many thousands of black men served in the United States armed forces during World War I?

3. What did the Washington, D.C. police do when "many of the marchers were grabbed, shoved, and knocked down" (46) during Alice Paul's suffrage parade?

4. Over what country did the Bolsheviks take control before establishing a Communist dictatorship there?

5. In what year was the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) created, with Susan B. "Anthony as its main driving force" (37)?

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