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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. 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?
(a) Elaine, Arkansas.
(b) Macon, Georgia.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Chicago, Illinois.

2. It is estimated that the waves of molasses involved in the Great Molasses Flood moved at how many miles per hour?
(a) 35.
(b) 12.
(c) 22.
(d) 60.

3. In what year was the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage formed?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1915.

4. At the height of Senator Joseph McCarthy's popularity, what percentage of the US population "believed he was doing an outstanding job of rooting out secret Communists" (107)?
(a) 90.
(b) 30.
(c) 50.
(d) 70.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which black author and activist coined the term "the Red Summer" (66)?

2. The Great Migration refers to the period of mass movement of black people in America from what area of United States to the North?

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

4. How many black people were arrested in the melee termed the Elaine Massacre?

5. Which member of the Clougherty family reportedly rode his bed along the speeding river of molasses?

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