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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many floats participated within Alice Paul's suffrage parade and march in 1913?
2. USIA bought up as much molasses as possible before Prohibition in order to make and sell what type of alcohol?
3. Analysts determined that the metal used to make the molasses container had what quality?
4. In what city was the annual convention held by the National American Woman Suffrage Association the year Alice Paul attended?
5. How many tons of molasses poured out of the USIA company's huge container, igniting the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?
Short Essay Questions
1. How many "tons of raw molasses poured out" (15) of the container, how high were the waves it produced, and how fast did the molasses move during the Great Molasses Flood?
2. What were the circumstances surrounding the formation of the National Woman's Party?
3. Analyze a 1919 reporter's use of literary devices to vividly depict the Great Molasses Flood.
4. In what way did Hugh Ogden have "a major and lasting impact on the public's relationship with big business" (31)?
5. What is the main claim Sandler makes within the introduction to 1919: The Year That Changed America?
6. For what reasons were the Western states more progressive in relation to women's voting rights than were the Eastern states?
7. Describe the very first "suffrage parade" (40) in American history.
8. What were the two most effective general strategies employed by the National Woman's Party in their pursuit of women getting the right to vote?
9. Who were the "suffrage pilgrims" (42) and how effective were their strategies?
10. What was "Watchfires of Freedom," (55) according to Sandler?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Sandler employ the use or rejection of fallacy within 1919: The Year That Changed America and how does the inclusion of fallacy help Sandler to prove particular points made within the text?
Essay Topic 2
How is the theme of injustice portrayed within 1919: The Year That Changed America? Examine Sandler's treatment of and messages regarding injustice throughout the work.
Essay Topic 3
Examine how Sandler goes about connecting personal experience with the arguments put forth within 1919: The Year That Changed America. How does Sandler accomplish this goal and how does this goal relate to the overarching themes of the text?
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