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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. The first race riot of the Red Summer took place in what city?
2. The first race riot of the Red Summer took place in what US state?
3. In what month of 1919 did US Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer create a new bureau called the General Intelligence Division?
4. In what month of 1919 did the Senate make it clear to A. Mitchell Palmer that "if he did not move boldly against the Red menace," (102) he risked being removed from office?
5. What condition contributed to a severe labor shortage in the United States during World War I?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the Red Scare get its title?
2. How were the expectations of black American soldiers dashed when they returned from fighting in World War I?
3. What did the Northern United States symbolize for the famous writer Richard Wright?
4. What role did the black press play in the Great Migration of the early twentieth century?
5. In what way are American freedoms shown to have ebbed during the first Red Scare?
6. What was the event referred to as "the Great Migration" (67) and for what reasons did it occur?
7. Who coined the phrase the Red Summer and why?
8. In what way is the phrase "race riot" (68) misleading when it comes to a period of time like the Red Summer of 1919?
9. What is the significance of the date January 2, 1920?
10. How long did the tragic period entitled the Red Summer last?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that discusses the symbolism of the cover art chosen for 1919: The Year That Changed America.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Sandler’s book 1919: The Year That Changed America. What message is Sandler sending about these two themes over the course of the book?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Sandler’s use of Aristotle's appeals within the text of 1919: The Year That Changed America. How does Sandler use each of the three appeals to persuade the reader of argumentative points central to the tenets of the work?
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