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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 the union organize the people of Packingtown to tell their story to the judge appointed by President Wilson?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1917.

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

3. What was a judges decision regarding disputes between packers and their workers in 1918?
(a) Increased wages and overtime for anytime worked beyond eight hours in a day.
(b) Wages would be frozen.
(c) Wages would be increased, but there would be no overtime pay.
(d) Workers would get a 50 cent an hour increase.

4. What police department in Ten: "Northern Fever" blocked all the train depots to stop blacks from purchasing tickets?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Mobile.
(c) Hattiesburg.
(d) Jackson.

5. How many mounted police were posted in the Stock Yard to break up union gatherings in 1919?
(a) 530.
(b) 415.
(c) 250.
(d) 300.

Short Answer Questions

1. In July of 1919, how many people did the Chicago Tribune say could go to the beaches?

2. In Ten: "Northern Fever," where did the police confiscate the Defender?

3. What was the name of the union newspaper in 1919?

4. In Thirteen: "Full to Bursting," how many people did a rooming-house owner house in a three-month period?

5. When was the black-owned Jesse Binga Bank opened?

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