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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 location did one of "the largest and most devastating riots of all" NOT "take place" (72) during the period known as the Red Summer?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Elaine, Arkansas.
(d) Macon, Georgia.

2. How many black citizens lived in Forsythe County, Georgia by the end of 1919?
(a) 1500.
(b) 300.
(c) 30.
(d) 0.

3. Who was appointed to lead the new bureau called the General Intelligence Division?
(a) J. Edgar Hoover.
(b) Ole Hanson.
(c) Woodrow Wilson.
(d) Jack Klugman.

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

5. 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) July 22.
(c) July 29.
(d) August 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

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

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

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

5. Which black author and activist coined the term "the Red Summer" (66)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How were the expectations of black American soldiers dashed when they returned from fighting in World War I?

4. How long did the tragic period entitled the Red Summer last?

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

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

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

8. How did the Red Scare get its title?

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

10. What scene is captured in the photograph Sandler includes as an epigraph to Chapter 4: The Red Scare and what is its significance?

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