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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. How many people lived in Chicago in 1837?
(a) 2,981.
(b) 4,066.
(c) 3,143.
(d) 5,122.

2. When did the war end?
(a) November 5, 1918.
(b) November 9, 1918.
(c) November 13, 1918.
(d) November 11, 1918.

3. In 1919, what did the black workforce fall from and to from January to May?
(a) 80,000 to 60,000.
(b) 70,000 to 45,000.
(c) 65,000 to 50,000.
(d) 50,000 to 30,000.

4. When was a novel published about Packingtown's crumbling, disease prone community?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1906.

5. In Six: "Waste Matters," what was John T. Joyce's job?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Street sweeper.
(c) Day laborer.
(d) Cattle butcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Ten: "Northern Fever," how many children did the Hunters take with them when they moved to Chicago?

2. How many beaches were on the lake near Chicago in 1919?

3. In 1917, what was the number of the Polish and Lithuanian union Local?

4. In 1870, how many blacks called Chicago home?

5. In the summer of 1919, how active members did Black Local 651 have?

(see the answer key)

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