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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month of 1919 did the Great Molasses Flood take place?
(a) January.
(b) June.
(c) April.
(d) November.

2. In what month was the Seneca Falls Convention held?
(a) October.
(b) August.
(c) July.
(d) November.

3. 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) 30,000.
(b) 99,000.
(c) 49,000.
(d) 64,000.

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

5. How many millions of gallons of molasses were inside the tank when the Great Molasses Flood occurred?
(a) 2.3.
(b) 47.
(c) 11.4.
(d) 321.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first name of Ogden, the man who was put in charge of determining criminal and civil liability for USIA after the Great Molasses Flood?

2. For how many months had World War I been over when 1919 began?

3. Which type of official first presented Congress "with a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote" (36) in 1878?

4. In what area of Boston did the Great Molasses Flood occur?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were ultimately revealed to be the two main causes of the Great Molasses Flood?

2. Who were the "suffrage pilgrims" (42) and how effective were their strategies?

3. What evidence does Sandler provide for his claim that the Western states were more progressive than the Eastern states in terms of women's suffrage?

4. What was "Watchfires of Freedom," (55) according to Sandler?

5. What conclusion does Sandler draw about the suffragettes' awareness of their predecessors in the field of civil disobedience?

6. In what way does the photograph of the men standing at the booth marked "National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage" (42) evoke the motif of the Other?

7. What is the main claim Sandler makes within the introduction to 1919: The Year That Changed America?

8. Describe the very first "suffrage parade" (40) in American history.

9. What "effective tactics" (34) used by suffragettes are portrayed in the photograph included just prior to the start of Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote?

10. Discuss the greater signficance of the Great Molasses Flood, providing at least one cause and one effect within your answer.

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