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

2. By 1910, the area of Boston affected by the Great Molasses Flood had a population of 28,000 Italians. How large was the total population of that area?
(a) 64,000.
(b) 99,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 49,000.

3. Who held up a blank sheet of paper during the first event in his campaign to incite a second Red Scare?
(a) President Woodrow Wilson.
(b) Senator Joseph McCarthy.
(c) A. Mitchell Palmer.
(d) President Theodore Roosevelt.

4. 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?
(a) July 22.
(b) July 29.
(c) September 30.
(d) August 1.

5. In what year was the Seneca Falls Convention held?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1863.
(d) 1894.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many members of the Boston Police Department went on strike on September 9, 1919?

3. How many tons of molasses poured out of the USIA company's huge container, igniting the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

4. By 1916, the membership of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage had grown to what size?

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

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