1. 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?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 0.

2. What type of insect invaded the South beginning in the spring of 1919, destroying entire crops of cotton?
(a) The boll weevil.
(b) The corpse moth.
(c) The aphed.
(d) The locust.

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

4. How many "suspected anarchists and Communists" (104) were arrested by federal agents in Communist raids on November 9, 1919?
(a) 350.
(b) 200.
(c) 450.
(d) 900.

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) Occidental.
(c) Commercial.
(d) Magnolia.

Short Answer Questions

1. The politician who held up a blank sheet of paper during a speech claimed that it contained the names of how many Communist members of the US State Department?

2. The largest-ever suffrage parade attracted about how many participants?

3. According to the prestigious organization called Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) how many black people were killed during the Elaine Massacre?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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