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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: The Red Scare.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During World War I, molasses and what substance were mixed with ammonium nitrate in order to make explosives?
(a) Gunpowder.
(b) Napalm.
(c) Vinegar.
(d) Water.

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

3. Which newspaper proclaimed in relation to the Red Scare that "Free speech has been carried to the point where it is an unrestrained menace" (101)?
(a) The Salt Lake City Tribune.
(b) The Los Angeles Times.
(c) The Cincinnati Gazette.
(d) The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

4. In what month of 1919 did the Great Molasses Flood take place?
(a) June.
(b) April.
(c) November.
(d) January.

5. The House Un-American Activities Committee was formed by which body?
(a) The Senate.
(b) Congress.
(c) The State Department.
(d) The Red Cross.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many black citizens lived in Forsythe County, Georgia by the end of 1919?

2. By 1910, the area of Boston affected by the Great Molasses Flood had a population of 28,000 Italians. How large was the total population of that area?

3. How many women were part of the group who called themselves the "suffrage pilgrims" (41)?

4. Which entity "released its official explanation" (105) of the reason why people had been deported on the ship called the Buford?

5. Before Ogden ruled that USIA would be held financially responsible for the harm it caused to victims of the flood, how many other corporations had been deemed liable for their actions in such a way?

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