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

2. In how many American cities, in total, were Communist raids carried out on November 9, 1919?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 9.
(d) 10.

3. What percentage of the Washington DC population was white when World War I came to an end?
(a) 60.
(b) 85.
(c) 75.
(d) 90.

4. In what city was a policeman stabbed and killed during a 1919 May Day labor movement event?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Detroit.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Boston.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About how many thousands of black men served in the United States armed forces during World War I?

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

4. What was the intended function of the new bureau called the General Intelligence Division?

5. Which black poet and leader proclaimed after World War I, "We return from fighting! We return fighting! Make way for democracy!" (66)?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what way is the phrase "race riot" (68) misleading when it comes to a period of time like the Red Summer of 1919?

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

4. Discuss the way in which the theme of injustice arises within the book's descriptions of the aftermath of the Elaine Massacre.

5. What was "the Soviet Ark" (104)?

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

7. What was the House Un-American Activities Committee and who created it?

8. What does Sandler believe was the primary motivation behind Senator Joseph McCarthy's decision to lead the second Red Scare?

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

10. What is the philosophy behind Communism and why are its results so often less than idyllic?

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