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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 May Day parade in Cleveland ended with how many people having been arrested?
2. 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?
3. At what kind of location was a meeting of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America held on September 30, 1919?
4. What percentage of the Washington DC population was white when World War I came to an end?
5. Which newspaper proclaimed in relation to the Red Scare that "Free speech has been carried to the point where it is an unrestrained menace" (101)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What scene is captured in the photograph Sandler includes as an epigraph to Chapter 4: The Red Scare and what is its significance?
2. What is the significance of the date January 2, 1920?
3. Discuss the way in which the theme of injustice arises within the book's descriptions of the aftermath of the Elaine Massacre.
4. In what way are American freedoms shown to have ebbed during the first Red Scare?
5. What role did the black press play in the Great Migration of the early twentieth century?
6. How did the Red Scare get its title?
7. What was "the Soviet Ark" (104)?
8. What was the House Un-American Activities Committee and who created it?
9. In which three American cities did the three "largest and most devastating riots of all take place" (72) during the period called the Red Summer?
10. How were the expectations of black American soldiers dashed when they returned from fighting in World War I?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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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