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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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

2. The May Day parade in Cleveland ended with how many people having been injured?
(a) 111.
(b) 40.
(c) 12.
(d) 84.

3. On what date in 1919 did a major race riot begin in Washington, D.C.?
(a) July 19.
(b) July 6.
(c) July 4.
(d) June 30.

4. Toward what location did the "ancient army transport ship" (105) called the Buford take its passengers?
(a) Greece.
(b) Norway.
(c) Russia.
(d) Germany.

5. The leader of the new bureau named the General Intelligence Division created a filing system containing detailed information about how many people?
(a) 10,500.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 150,000.
(d) 60,000.

6. Which newspaper proclaimed in relation to the Red Scare that "Free speech has been carried to the point where it is an unrestrained menace" (101)?
(a) The Salt Lake City Tribune.
(b) The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
(c) The Cincinnati Gazette.
(d) The Los Angeles Times.

7. On January 2, 1920, Palmer authorized raids all of the country, resulting in how many thousands of arrests?
(a) 4.
(b) 24.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

8. At what kind of location was a meeting of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America held on September 30, 1919?
(a) A church.
(b) A town hall.
(c) A private home.
(d) A restaurant.

9. Which entity "released its official explanation" (105) of the reason why people had been deported on the ship called the Buford?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The US State Department.
(c) The CIA.
(d) The ACLU.

10. Who was the most famous male anarchist deported during the Palmer Raids in 1919?
(a) Jeffrey Newman.
(b) Michael Andretti.
(c) A. Mitchell Palmer.
(d) Alexander Berkman.

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

12. The period referred to as the Red Summer actually ended in which month of 1919?
(a) September.
(b) December.
(c) October.
(d) November.

13. Over what country did the Bolsheviks take control before establishing a Communist dictatorship there?
(a) Romania.
(b) Ukraine.
(c) Iran.
(d) Russia.

14. How many white people were arrested during the Elaine Massacre?
(a) 0.
(b) 22.
(c) 11.
(d) 83.

15. What system replaced slavery while at the same time doing little to improve the lives of those living within its structure?
(a) Indentured servitude.
(b) Communism.
(c) Sharecropping.
(d) Socialism.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many black sharecroppers attended the meeting of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union meeting on September 30, 1919?

2. Who held up a blank sheet of paper during the first event in his campaign to incite a second Red Scare?

3. How many of Socialist Party members did the New York legislature expel "even though they had been freely elected" (102)?

4. Who was the most famous female anarchist deported during the Palmer Raids in 1919?

5. The first race riot of the Red Summer took place in what city?

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