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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. Who was the most famous female anarchist deported during the Palmer Raids in 1919?
(a) Emma Goldman.
(b) Catherine Keener.
(c) Sally Schumann.
(d) Katherine Severinsen.

2. What fraction of the labor force in the United States was involved in a work stoppage of some sort during 1919?
(a) One-third.
(b) One-fifth.
(c) One-sixth.
(d) One-eighth.

3. The photograph featured just prior to the opening of Chapter 5: Strikes and More Strikes depicts a scene from which city?
(a) Bangor.
(b) New York City.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Boston.

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

5. Who had the most "significant" and "important" (153) role in creating the movement known as Prohibition, according to Sandler?
(a) Clergymen.
(b) Women.
(c) Youth.
(d) Immigrants.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many feet high were the largest waves of molasses created during the Great Molasses Flood?

3. Carrie Nation became known for carrying what sort of weapon as she went around destroying saloons?

4. Just under how many years after the first Red Scare in America did the second Red Scare take place?

5. 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)?

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