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

2. When did Robert Abbott establish the Chicago Defender?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1903.

3. In 1870, how many blacks called Chicago home?
(a) Nearly 3,700.
(b) About 2,900.
(c) 5,293.
(d) 3,487.

4. How were the black bathers chased away?
(a) A mob dragging them away.
(b) Men throwing rocks.
(c) Men, women, and children throwing rocks.
(d) Police escorting them away.

5. When was Ferdinand Barnett born?
(a) 1854.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1858.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was John Harris in 1919 when he went swimming with his friends?

2. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," when was the union ready to sign "up the masses" (123)?

3. What was the circulation of the Chicago Defender in 1919?

4. Who was the United States president when America declared war on Germany?

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

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