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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. In Ten: "Northern Fever," how much time were Southern black children allowed to attend school?
(a) 3 months.
(b) A few months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) A couple months.

2. What is the name of the lake near Chicago?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Ontario.
(c) Huron.
(d) Superior.

3. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," how many people turned out to hear union leaders announce a judge's decision regarding workers in Packingtown?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 29,000.
(c) 68,000.
(d) 51,000.

4. Who was the United States president when America declared war on Germany?
(a) Grover Cleveland.
(b) William McKinley.
(c) William Howard Taft.
(d) Woodrow Wilson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Ten: "Northern Fever," what should Mrs. Hunter have gotten for her house?

2. In 1919, what was the membership of Olivet Baptist?

3. On July 27, 1919, what did temperatures soar to by the height of the day?

4. When did the Stockyards Labor Council make plans to have black laborers join the meat packing workers' union?

5. When did Langston Hughes arrive in Chicago?

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