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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. How old was Alice Paul when she attended the annual convention held by the National American Woman Suffrage Association?
(a) 17.
(b) 28.
(c) 34.
(d) 22.

2. What precaution was taken to protect banks and department stores from the wrath of looters during the Boston police force strike in 1919?
(a) They were surrounded by members of the National Guard.
(b) They were booby-trapped with bombs.
(c) They were guarded all night by conscientious citizens.
(d) They were surrounded with barbed wire.

3. Which black author and activist coined the term "the Red Summer" (66)?
(a) Zora Neale Hurston.
(b) Langston Hughes.
(c) James Weldon Johnson.
(d) Richard Wright.

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

5. How much time passed between the end of the Washington Riots of 1919 and the race riots that broke out in Chicago that same year?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 month.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color did USIA paint the container in an effort to camouflage its numerous leaks oozing molasses?

2. The May Day parade in Cleveland ended with how many people having been arrested?

3. Analysts determined that the metal used to make the molasses container had what quality?

4. The group referred to as the "suffrage pilgrims" (45) stopped by the home of new president Woodrow Wilson, who lived in what state?

5. In what location did one of "the largest and most devastating riots of all" NOT "take place" (72) during the period known as the Red Summer?

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