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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 kind of establishment did Martin Clougherty own in the North End of Boston?
(a) A coffee shop.
(b) A bank.
(c) A bar.
(d) A blacksmith.

2. The first race riot of the Red Summer took place in what city?
(a) Macon.
(b) San Antonio.
(c) Houston.
(d) Charleston.

3. The period referred to as the Red Summer actually ended in which month of 1919?
(a) October.
(b) September.
(c) December.
(d) November.

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

5. What system replaced slavery while at the same time doing little to improve the lives of those living within its structure?
(a) Sharecropping.
(b) Communism.
(c) Indentured servitude.
(d) Socialism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many white people were arrested during the Elaine Massacre?

3. How many individuals did Ogden find criminally liable for the tragic events of the Great Molasses Flood?

4. Sandler states that those "who carried out lynchings made certain that, whenever possible, they were" what kind of "spectacle" (71)?

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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