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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fifteen: Tension Rising to Seventeen: Race Riot.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1916, how much profit did Louis Swift clear?
(a) $13 million.
(b) $11 million.
(c) $20 million.
(d) $9 million.

2. In Three: "Freedom," what trade did John Jones learn?
(a) Tailor.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Surveyor.
(d) Farrier.

3. When did the Chicago Defender recommend that Southern blacks come North for employment?
(a) March 1916.
(b) June 1915.
(c) September 1918.
(d) February 1917.

4. When was the Chicago harbor designated by the U.S. Congress as an official port of entry?
(a) 1873.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1898.
(d) 1846.

5. When was a novel published about Packingtown's crumbling, disease prone community?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1897.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between march 1918 and the end of the year, how many bombs were exploded at the offices of black real estate agents and homes of black families?

2. In 1837, how many blacks lived in Chicago?

3. What was Richard E. Parker's occupation?

4. When was Ferdinand Barnett born?

5. By what percent did immigration to the United States drop by between 1914 and 1917?

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