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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. Whose home was bombed on May 16, 1919?
(a) Peterson.
(b) Morrison.
(c) Williams.
(d) Harrison.

2. In 1917, how many were on the Chicago Real Estate Board committee to keep blacks out of certain neighborhoods?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

3. In Ten: "Northern Fever," where did Robert Horton have his barbershop?
(a) Meridian.
(b) Movile.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) Hattiesburg.

4. How far away was a white man throwing rocks at John and his friends on the raft?
(a) 100 feet.
(b) 70 feet.
(c) 90 feet.
(d) 75 feet.

5. In Ten: "Northern Fever," how many children did the Hunters take with them when they moved to Chicago?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment?

2. When did Illinois strike down its Black Laws?

3. How many bombs exploded in January 1919 on the doorsteps of real estate offices?

4. In Ten: "Northern Fever," how much time were Southern black children allowed to attend school?

5. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," what Polish speaker was tasked with energizing eastern Europeans to join the union?

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