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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. Analysts determined that the metal used to make the molasses container had what quality?
(a) It was rusty.
(b) It was too thick.
(c) It was too thin.
(d) It was too flexible.

2. The May Day parade in Cleveland ended with how many people having been injured?
(a) 111.
(b) 84.
(c) 12.
(d) 40.

3. How many black sharecroppers attended the meeting of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union meeting on September 30, 1919?
(a) 500.
(b) 300.
(c) 30.
(d) 100.

4. How many black citizens lived in Forsythe County, Georgia by the end of 1919?
(a) 300.
(b) 30.
(c) 1500.
(d) 0.

5. The construction of the container owned by USIA "was overseen by" (13) what type of person, rather than an engineer?
(a) An accountant.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A veterinarian.
(d) A stockbroker.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In what area of Boston did the Great Molasses Flood occur?

3. How many children were standing near the container, scraping molasses off the tank, at the time of the disaster?

4. How many feet wide was the container that held the raw molasses involved in the Great Molasses Flood?

5. Which type of official first presented Congress "with a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote" (36) in 1878?

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