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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. When Frank McManus called for help after watching the tank's top blow off, he said, "There's a wave of molasses coming down" (16) which street?
2. What kind of establishment did Martin Clougherty own in the North End of Boston?
3. Whose idea was it to hold a suffrage parade in Washington, D.C. at the same time as the US Presidential inauguration?
4. What did the Washington, D.C. police do when "many of the marchers were grabbed, shoved, and knocked down" (46) during Alice Paul's suffrage parade?
5. In front of what location are the suffragists picketing, in the photograph included just prior to the opening of Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote?
Short Essay Questions
1. What role did elevated railroad brakeman Royal Albert Leeman play in the Great Molasses Flood?
2. What clues point to the conclusion that USIA likely knew that the molasses container needed attention before the Great Molasses Flood occurred?
3. For what reasons were the Western states more progressive in relation to women's voting rights than were the Eastern states?
4. What was "Watchfires of Freedom," (55) according to Sandler?
5. What were the circumstances surrounding the formation of the National Woman's Party?
6. What evidence does Sandler provide for his claim that the Western states were more progressive than the Eastern states in terms of women's suffrage?
7. Discuss an instance when Sandler highlights the irony of a situation within Chapter 1: An Amazing Event.
8. 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?
9. Discuss the greater signficance of the Great Molasses Flood, providing at least one cause and one effect within your answer.
10. Describe the very first "suffrage parade" (40) in American history.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the purpose for Sandler’s inclusion of photographs within 1919: The Year That Changed America?
Essay Topic 2
What ultimate message is Sandler sending about the mythical qualities of the United States?
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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