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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. Which black poet and leader proclaimed after World War I, "We return from fighting! We return fighting! Make way for democracy!" (66)?
2. What system replaced slavery while at the same time doing little to improve the lives of those living within its structure?
3. What percentage of the Washington DC population was white when World War I came to an end?
4. In 1919, which American city "was regarded as the crime capital of the United States" (76)?
5. The May Day parade in Cleveland ended with how many people dead?
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. What did the Northern United States symbolize for the famous writer Richard Wright?
3. What was the event referred to as "the Great Migration" (67) and for what reasons did it occur?
4. What was "the Soviet Ark" (104)?
5. In what way is the phrase "race riot" (68) misleading when it comes to a period of time like the Red Summer of 1919?
6. What world event occurred in 1917 that helped to fuel the first Red Scare?
7. How were the expectations of black American soldiers dashed when they returned from fighting in World War I?
8. When and where did "1919's most murderous acts of violence" (82) take place?
9. Who was the leader of the first Red Scare?
10. Who coined the phrase the Red Summer and why?
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
What is Sandler's message regarding the difference between awareness and activism and how does Sandler get this message across to the reader?
Essay Topic 3
What is the purpose for Sandler’s inclusion of photographs within 1919: The Year That Changed America?
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