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

2. The House Un-American Activities Committee was formed by which body?
(a) Congress.
(b) The State Department.
(c) The Senate.
(d) The Red Cross.

3. How many "suspected anarchists and Communists" (104) were arrested by federal agents in Communist raids on November 9, 1919?
(a) 350.
(b) 450.
(c) 900.
(d) 200.

4. The period called the Red Summer actually began in which month of 1919?
(a) September.
(b) May.
(c) March.
(d) April.

5. What newspaper was "the most widely read black publication" (67) in the year 1919?
(a) The Chicago Freedom Fighter.
(b) The Chicago Defender.
(c) The Chicago Tribune.
(d) The Chicago Rally.

Short Answer Questions

1. What system replaced slavery while at the same time doing little to improve the lives of those living within its structure?

2. Toward what location did the "ancient army transport ship" (105) called the Buford take its passengers?

3. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer had the ultimate goal of taking which office in the United States government?

4. Sandler states that those "who carried out lynchings made certain that, whenever possible, they were" what kind of "spectacle" (71)?

5. The leader of the new bureau named the General Intelligence Division created a filing system containing detailed information about how many people?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role did the black press play in the Great Migration of the early twentieth century?

2. What did the Northern United States symbolize for the famous writer Richard Wright?

3. In what way are American freedoms shown to have ebbed during the first Red Scare?

4. What is the significance of the date January 2, 1920?

5. What effect did the words of W.E.B. Du Bois have on black Americans returning from serving in World War I?

6. Who was the leader of the second Red Scare and when did it occur?

7. What was the event referred to as "the Great Migration" (67) and for what reasons did it occur?

8. Who was the leader of the first Red Scare?

9. What world event occurred in 1917 that helped to fuel the first Red Scare?

10. Discuss an example of irony Sandler points out within a particular historical event.

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