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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Strikes and More Strikes - Chapter 6: A Noble Experiment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During World War I, molasses and what substance were mixed with ammonium nitrate in order to make explosives?
(a) Water.
(b) Gunpowder.
(c) Napalm.
(d) Vinegar.

2. How many thousands of black people took part in the Great Migration, according to Sandler?
(a) 360.
(b) 120.
(c) 40.
(d) 500.

3. Which black author wrote about the symbolism of the Northern United States in the early twentieth century?
(a) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(b) Zora Neale Hurston.
(c) James Baldwin.
(d) Richard Wright.

4. In what city did "the first general strike in the nation's history" (121) occur?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Boston.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Chicago.

5. The Volstead Act began to be enforced throughout the United States in what year?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1918.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who had the most "significant" and "important" (153) role in creating the movement known as Prohibition, according to Sandler?

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

4. In what year did President Barack Obama sign the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act?

5. What objects were kept burning day and night in the tactic the NWP named, "Watchfires of Freedom" (55)?

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