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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. How many thousands of black people took part in the Great Migration, according to Sandler?
2. What newspaper was "the most widely read black publication" (67) in the year 1919?
3. Which black poet and leader proclaimed after World War I, "We return from fighting! We return fighting! Make way for democracy!" (66)?
4. Which black author and activist coined the term "the Red Summer" (66)?
5. The period called the Red Summer actually began in which month of 1919?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was the leader of the first Red Scare?
2. In what way is the phrase "race riot" (68) misleading when it comes to a period of time like the Red Summer of 1919?
3. What was "the Soviet Ark" (104)?
4. Who coined the phrase the Red Summer and why?
5. In what way are American freedoms shown to have ebbed during the first Red Scare?
6. What does Sandler believe was the primary motivation behind Senator Joseph McCarthy's decision to lead the second Red Scare?
7. What role did the black press play in the Great Migration of the early twentieth century?
8. When and where did "1919's most murderous acts of violence" (82) take place?
9. How long did the tragic period entitled the Red Summer last?
10. What did the Northern United States symbolize for the famous writer Richard Wright?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within 1919: The Year That Changed America and what is Sandler’s message regarding these themes?
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