View a FREE sample

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) South Carolina.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Alabama.
(d) North Carolina.

2. In 1919, when did a group of boys scuffle in Washington Park?
(a) May 29.
(b) April 12.
(c) July 11.
(d) June 15.

3. What was the first state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Ohio.

4. Where did Gustavius Franklin Swift start his company?
(a) Boston.
(b) Cape Cod.
(c) Denver.
(d) Chicago.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did immigrants and blacks leave their Chicago homes to fight in the Great War?

2. Where was Eugene Williams born?

3. When was Ferdinand Barnett born?

4. Who did President Wilson appoint to arbitrate any disputes between packers and the union?

5. How many acres was the Union Stockyards in Six: "Waste Matters"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 140 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample