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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 year did Senator Joseph McCarthy's first event aimed at inciting a second Red Scare take place?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1950.

2. How many months passed between the end of the Chicago race riots and the start of "1919's most murderous acts of violence" (78) that took place in Arkansas?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

3. What gesture was involved in Royal Albert Leeman's successful efforts to save lives during the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) He waved his arms.
(b) He used semaphore.
(c) He raised one arm in the air.
(d) He tipped his hat.

4. To what city did Al Capone move in the year 1920?
(a) New York City.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Las Vegas.

5. The first race riot of the Red Summer took place in what US state?
(a) Texas.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many floats participated within Alice Paul's suffrage parade and march in 1913?

2. How many millions of gallons of molasses were inside the tank when the Great Molasses Flood occurred?

3. What job was Royal Albert Leeman performing when he helped avoid a greater death toll than the Great Molasses Flood had already caused?

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

5. It is estimated that the waves of molasses involved in the Great Molasses Flood moved at how many miles per hour?

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