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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," when did someone explode a bomb in a black family's home?
(a) July 1.
(b) July 17.
(c) July 3.
(d) July 9.

2. In 1916, how much profit did Louis Swift clear?
(a) $13 million.
(b) $20 million.
(c) $9 million.
(d) $11 million.

3. What groups supported a Labor Party candidate for mayor in 1919?
(a) Austrians and Czechs.
(b) Poles and Lithuanians.
(c) Lithuanians and Germans.
(d) Irish and Poles.

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

5. When did a Mrs. Hunter tell her son to move North for better wages in Ten: "Northern Fever"?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1916.

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

7. How many copies of the Defender did Robert Horton have delivered to his barbershop in Ten: "Northern Fever"?
(a) 25.
(b) 45.
(c) 30-40.
(d) 40-50.

8. How much did a girl who was making $2 a week in Meridian say that she was making a day in Chicago in Ten: "Northern Fever"?
(a) $5 a week.
(b) $2 per day.
(c) $3 per day.
(d) $8 a week.

9. In 1919, what percent of the vote did Thompson gain to be reelected as mayor of Chicago?
(a) 73.
(b) 59.
(c) 38.
(d) 64.

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

11. In 1917, what was the number of the Polish and Lithuanian union Local?
(a) 554.
(b) 205.
(c) 411.
(d) 693.

12. In Ten: "Northern Fever," what should Mrs. Hunter have gotten for her house?
(a) $1,400.
(b) $1,200.
(c) $1,300.
(d) $1,000.

13. What was the southernmost city that the Illinois Central Railroad traveled to?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Birmingham.
(c) Mobile.
(d) Biloxi.

14. At the end of Seventeen: "Race Riot, how many of those who attacked blacks were arrested?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 0.

15. How many bombs exploded in January 1919 on the doorsteps of real estate offices?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1919, how many candidates were trying to unseat Big Bill for mayor?

2. In 1917, how many homes were available for 664 applicants for housing?

3. In Ten: "Northern Fever," where did Robert Horton have his barbershop?

4. In 1910, what percent of blacks were living in the South?

5. In April of 1919, how many bombs exploded?

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