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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 period referred to as the Red Summer actually ended in which month of 1919?
2. At the height of Senator Joseph McCarthy's popularity, what percentage of the US population "believed he was doing an outstanding job of rooting out secret Communists" (107)?
3. Which black author and activist coined the term "the Red Summer" (66)?
4. The NAACP sent letters of warning to how many different newspapers, telling them that they were "sowing the seeds of a race riot by their inflammatory headlines" (74)?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What effect did the words of W.E.B. Du Bois have on black Americans returning from serving in World War I?
2. Discuss the way in which the theme of injustice arises within the book's descriptions of the aftermath of the Elaine Massacre.
3. What is the philosophy behind Communism and why are its results so often less than idyllic?
4. Who was the leader of the first Red Scare?
5. What was the House Un-American Activities Committee and who created it?
6. What role did the black press play in the Great Migration of the early twentieth century?
7. What action did the NAACP take against four major white newspapers in 1919 and why?
8. Who coined the phrase the Red Summer and why?
9. How did the Red Scare get its title?
10. In what way is the phrase "race riot" (68) misleading when it comes to a period of time like the Red Summer of 1919?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
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
Discuss Sandler’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of 1919: The Year That Changed America.
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