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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 Eight: "A Stone's Throw," how many years after the Civil War ended were the first blacks hired in Union Stock Yard?
(a) 11.
(b) 18.
(c) 9.
(d) 16.

2. When did Ferdinand Barnett start the first black newspaper in Chicago?
(a) 1878.
(b) 1881.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1880.

3. In 1919, what was the membership of Olivet Baptist?
(a) 8,430.
(b) 5,934.
(c) 4,271.
(d) 6,033.

4. When did John Jones and Mary Richardson move to Chicago?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1843.
(d) 1844.

5. When did Providence Hospital and nursing school for black women open?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1891.
(d) 1899.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 1916, how much canned beef did American meat packers export?

3. When was Jesse Binga the target of two bombs?

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

5. In 1916, how much profit did Louis Swift clear?

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