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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. On what date in 1919 did a major race riot begin in Washington, D.C.?
2. 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?
3. The House Un-American Activities Committee was formed by which body?
4. In what year did Senator Joseph McCarthy's first event aimed at inciting a second Red Scare take place?
5. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer had the ultimate goal of taking which office in the United States government?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the Red Scare get its title?
2. Who was the leader of the first Red Scare?
3. Who was the leader of the second Red Scare and when did it occur?
4. What scene is captured in the photograph Sandler includes as an epigraph to Chapter 4: The Red Scare and what is its significance?
5. Discuss the way in which the theme of injustice arises within the book's descriptions of the aftermath of the Elaine Massacre.
6. How were the expectations of black American soldiers dashed when they returned from fighting in World War I?
7. What did the Northern United States symbolize for the famous writer Richard Wright?
8. What was the House Un-American Activities Committee and who created it?
9. What action did the NAACP take against four major white newspapers in 1919 and why?
10. Who coined the phrase the Red Summer and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine Sandler’s use of characterization methods to portray real people. What effect do these characterization methods have on the work's inherent themes and messages?
Essay Topic 2
What is the purpose for Sandler’s inclusion of photographs within 1919: The Year That Changed America?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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