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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 front of what location are the suffragists picketing, in the photograph included just prior to the opening of Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote?
(a) The Washington Memorial.
(b) The Empire State Building.
(c) The Executive Mansion.
(d) The Pentagon.

2. Sandler writes, "Communism is based on a system in which" what entity "owns everything and is responsible for distributing resources to every citizen" (96)?
(a) The church.
(b) The king.
(c) The government.
(d) The individual.

3. Who was appointed to lead the new bureau called the General Intelligence Division?
(a) Ole Hanson.
(b) J. Edgar Hoover.
(c) Woodrow Wilson.
(d) Jack Klugman.

4. In what area of Boston did the Great Molasses Flood occur?
(a) West.
(b) North.
(c) South.
(d) East.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were deported using the ship nicknamed the "Soviet Ark" (104) in 1919?

2. What newspaper was "the most widely read black publication" (67) in the year 1919?

3. What percentage of the Washington DC population was white when World War I came to an end?

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)?

5. On what date did President Woodrow Wilson take action in regard to the Washington, D.C. race riots described in Chapter 3: The Red Summer?

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