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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. What groups supported a Labor Party candidate for mayor in 1919?
(a) Lithuanians and Germans.
(b) Austrians and Czechs.
(c) Irish and Poles.
(d) Poles and Lithuanians.

2. When did the Chicago Defender recommend that Southern blacks come North for employment?
(a) June 1915.
(b) March 1916.
(c) February 1917.
(d) September 1918.

3. What was the last name of John's friends?
(a) Andrews.
(b) Davison.
(c) Williams.
(d) Martin.

4. When was Jesse Binga the target of two bombs?
(a) April 1919.
(b) May 1919.
(c) February 1919.
(d) March 1919.

5. How much were teachers paid monthly in Chicago in Ten: "Northern Fever"?
(a) $35.
(b) $40.
(c) $25.
(d) $30.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did John Jones's mother send him to learn a trade?

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

4. In 1919, when did a group of boys scuffle in Washington Park?

5. What was the name of the Chicago neighborhood where the Urban League Offices were located in 1919?

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