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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 year did Senator Joseph McCarthy's first event aimed at inciting a second Red Scare take place?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1955.

2. What condition contributed to a severe labor shortage in the United States during World War I?
(a) The halting of all immigration from South America.
(b) The halting of all immigration from Asia.
(c) The halting of all immigration from Europe.
(d) The halting of all immigration from Australia.

3. How many black citizens lived in Forsythe County, Georgia at the beginning of 1919?
(a) 500.
(b) 800.
(c) 1,100.
(d) 250.

4. How many thousands of black people took part in the Great Migration, according to Sandler?
(a) 40.
(b) 120.
(c) 500.
(d) 360.

5. How many black people were arrested in the melee termed the Elaine Massacre?
(a) 122.
(b) 69.
(c) 43.
(d) 294.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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)?

3. How many "suspected anarchists and Communists" (104) were arrested by federal agents in Communist raids on November 9, 1919?

4. How many black citizens lived in Forsythe County, Georgia by the end of 1919?

5. On January 2, 1920, Palmer authorized raids all of the country, resulting in how many thousands of arrests?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What action did the NAACP take against four major white newspapers in 1919 and why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who coined the phrase the Red Summer and why?

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