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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 1917, how many homes were available for 664 applicants for housing?
(a) 45.
(b) 48.
(c) 50.
(d) 53.

2. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," when was the union ready to sign "up the masses" (123)?
(a) September.
(b) August.
(c) October.
(d) November.

3. In 1916, how much canned beef did American meat packers export?
(a) 80 million tons.
(b) 50 million tons.
(c) 45 millions tons.
(d) 70 million tons.

4. What group did not like Big Bill because of his anti-catholic propaganda?
(a) Irish.
(b) Lithuanians.
(c) Polish.
(d) Blacks.

5. When did Judge Alschuler increase wages in the packing industry for a second time?
(a) February 1919.
(b) April 1919.
(c) January 1919.
(d) March 1919.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was John Jones elected to political office?

2. In Sixteen: "Last Straws, how many Poles grabbed a black man and told him to join the union or else?

3. What was a judges decision regarding disputes between packers and their workers in 1918?

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

5. In 1919, what percent of the vote did Thompson gain to be reelected as mayor of Chicago?

(see the answer key)

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