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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. In what state was the Seneca Falls Convention held?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Virginia.
(c) New York.
(d) California.

2. What newspaper was "the most widely read black publication" (67) in the year 1919?
(a) The Chicago Rally.
(b) The Chicago Freedom Fighter.
(c) The Chicago Defender.
(d) The Chicago Tribune.

3. The largest-ever suffrage parade took place in what city in November of a particular year?
(a) New York City.
(b) Oakland.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Boston.

4. The first race riot of the Red Summer took place in what month of 1919?
(a) August.
(b) June.
(c) July.
(d) May.

5. When Frank McManus called for help after watching the tank's top blow off, he said, "There's a wave of molasses coming down" (16) which street?
(a) Marigold.
(b) Commercial.
(c) Occidental.
(d) Magnolia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the 15th Amendment ratified, granting black men the right to vote?

2. Woman's Era was the title of "the first periodical published in the United States" (38) by whom?

3. What job did the man have who ended up being tossed into the harbor after narrowly escaping other perils in the Great Molasses Flood?

4. What kind of establishment did Martin Clougherty own in the North End of Boston?

5. In what year was the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage formed?

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