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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. For what reason did men lining the suffrage parade route in Washington, D.C. begin "surging into the streets" (45)?
2. The construction of the container owned by USIA "was overseen by" (13) what type of person, rather than an engineer?
3. Whose idea was it to hold a suffrage parade in Washington, D.C. at the same time as the US Presidential inauguration?
4. Modern studies have shown that the two causes of the Great Molasses Flood were shoddy construction and an explosion caused by what?
5. Around what time of day did the Great Molasses Flood commence?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the greater signficance of the Great Molasses Flood, providing at least one cause and one effect within your answer.
2. What "effective tactics" (34) used by suffragettes are portrayed in the photograph included just prior to the start of Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote?
3. What clues point to the conclusion that USIA likely knew that the molasses container needed attention before the Great Molasses Flood occurred?
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 Sandler's purpose for including a photograph of the "mass of debris" that is "all that was left of what had been the Clougherty house" (29)?
6. Who were the "suffrage pilgrims" (42) and how effective were their strategies?
7. Discuss the significance of the drawing entitled "The Awakening" included on page 37 of Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote.
8. Discuss an instance when Sandler highlights the irony of a situation within Chapter 1: An Amazing Event.
9. 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?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In what ways does Sandler use discussion of current events within the text of 1919: The Year That Changed America and for what purpose does he introduce these elements?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Sandler's decision to include humor within the nonfiction text of 1919: The Year That Changed America. What purpose did Sandler have in mind when including these instances of humor and how does the inclusion of these instances support the overarching themes and messages of the text?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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