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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Ferdinand Barnett marry Ida Wells?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1893.

2. When did John Jones and Mary Richardson move to Chicago?
(a) 1846.
(b) 1844.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1843.

3. What was the first state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Michigan.

4. When did Michael Donnelly end the strike he called in Eight: "A Stone's Throw"?
(a) September 23, 1904.
(b) September 8, 1904.
(c) October 11, 1904.
(d) October 3, 1904.

5. How old was Eugene Williams when he died?
(a) 14.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 16.

6. When did Illinois strike down its Black Laws?
(a) 1866.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1867.
(d) 1868.

7. When did Swift move to Chicago?
(a) 1874.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1873.

8. How many beaches were on the lake near Chicago in 1919?
(a) 8.
(b) 16.
(c) 11.
(d) 4.

9. What was the weather like on the day that John Turner Harris's life changed?
(a) Cool and windy.
(b) Thunderstorms.
(c) Extremely hot.
(d) Partly sunny.

10. In July of 1919, how many people did the Chicago Tribune say could go to the beaches?
(a) 275,000.
(b) 180,000.
(c) 145,000.
(d) 250,000.

11. In 1837, how many blacks lived in Chicago?
(a) 103.
(b) 77.
(c) 84.
(d) 62.

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

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

14. Between what streets was the beach where John and his friends went?
(a) 30th and 31st.
(b) 21st and 23rd.
(c) 26th and 29th.
(d) 14th and 16th.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did John and his friends get partway to the beach?

4. How many acres was the Union Stockyards in Six: "Waste Matters"?

5. What was the name of a black barber who claimed to have shaved Chicago's first mayor and President Abraham Lincoln?

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