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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. Where was John Jones born?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Alabama.

2. In 1919, what did the black workforce fall from and to from January to May?
(a) 70,000 to 45,000.
(b) 65,000 to 50,000.
(c) 50,000 to 30,000.
(d) 80,000 to 60,000.

3. When did most of the growth of the black population in the Black Belt occur?
(a) 1915-1917.
(b) 1916-1918.
(c) 1914 to 1920.
(d) 1914 to 1916.

4. By what percent did immigration to the United States drop by between 1914 and 1917?
(a) 90%.
(b) 65%.
(c) 70%.
(d) 85%.

5. Where was Eugene Williams born?
(a) South Carollina.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," how much of the Yard's workforce was made up of black laborers?

2. In Six: "Waste Matters," what was John T. Joyce's job?

3. How tall was the Chicago Illinois Central station vaulted ceiling in the waiting room?

4. What groups supported a Labor Party candidate for mayor in 1919?

5. How old was Ferdinand Barnett when he opened his own law office?

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