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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. Around what time of day did the Great Molasses Flood commence?
(a) 3:30 in the afternoon.
(b) 12:30 in the afternoon.
(c) Noon.
(d) 6:30 in the morning.

2. In what city was the annual convention held by the National American Woman Suffrage Association the year Alice Paul attended?
(a) New York City.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Macon.
(d) Philadelphia.

3. Henry A. Stinson, the secretary of war in 1913, promised that if the suffragists encountered trouble during Alice Paul's parade, he would send the cavalry from which nearby fort?
(a) Fort Knox.
(b) Fort Briggs.
(c) Fort Myer.
(d) Fort Collins.

4. In what year was the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage formed?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1917.

5. Which black poet and leader proclaimed after World War I, "We return from fighting! We return fighting! Make way for democracy!" (66)?
(a) Richard Wright.
(b) Langston Hughes.
(c) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(d) James Weldon Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of insect invaded the South beginning in the spring of 1919, destroying entire crops of cotton?

3. What event effectively put a temporary stop to any progress made by the labor movement in the years prior to 1919?

4. How old was Alice Paul when she attended the annual convention held by the National American Woman Suffrage Association?

5. In what month did Senator Joseph McCarthy host his first event aimed at exploiting the rising fear of Communism in America?

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