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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eighteen: Ratcheting up to Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1919, where had there been other disturbances that summer?
(a) Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama.
(b) Los Angeles, Birmingham, and Mobile.
(c) South Carolina, Texas, and Washington, D.C.
(d) Boston, Denver, and Atlanta.

2. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," what Polish speaker was tasked with energizing eastern Europeans to join the union?
(a) David Danek.
(b) George Golomb.
(c) John Kikulski.
(d) Peter. Borowicz

3. When did Chicago's all-black Eight Infantry Regiment prepare to leave for the war?
(a) October.
(b) September.
(c) December.
(d) November.

4. In Nineteen: "Point-Counterpoint, when did the mayor order troops to move out into the streets?
(a) 8 p.m.
(b) 11 p.m.
(c) 10:30 p.m.
(d) 9:30 p.m.

5. In Twenty: "Moment of Truth," who was responsible for the violence against the Lithuanians?
(a) Blacks.
(b) Gangs in blackface.
(c) Ragen's Colts.
(d) Poles.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did most of the growth of the black population in the Black Belt occur?

2. What did the summer of 1919 become known as?

3. When immigrant workers walked out of the Argo corn refinery, how many black non-union men marched in to take their places?

4. 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?

5. How many blacks were employed at the Yard in 1918?

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