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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 dead?
2. Which black author and activist coined the term "the Red Summer" (66)?
3. 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)?
4. The May Day parade in Cleveland ended with how many people having been injured?
5. Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and served as head of state from 1917 to 1922?
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 philosophy behind Communism and why are its results so often less than idyllic?
3. What action did the NAACP take against four major white newspapers in 1919 and why?
4. What world event occurred in 1917 that helped to fuel the first Red Scare?
5. Who was the leader of the second Red Scare and when did it occur?
6. In what way is the phrase "race riot" (68) misleading when it comes to a period of time like the Red Summer of 1919?
7. Who coined the phrase the Red Summer and why?
8. How were the expectations of black American soldiers dashed when they returned from fighting in World War I?
9. What role did the black press play in the Great Migration of the early twentieth century?
10. What was the House Un-American Activities Committee and who created it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Sandler use sensory details in order to strengthen the text’s messages? Discuss at least two passages that include the use of sensory details and pull quotes from these passages to support your claim.
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Examine how Sandler goes about connecting personal experience with the arguments put forth within 1919: The Year That Changed America. How does Sandler accomplish this goal and how does this goal relate to the overarching themes of the text?
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