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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," how much of the Yard's workforce was made up of black laborers?
(a) 1/4.
(b) 1/5.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 1/3.

2. When did Chicago's all-black Eight Infantry Regiment prepare to leave for the war?
(a) November.
(b) December.
(c) September.
(d) October.

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

4. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," what Polish speaker was tasked with energizing eastern Europeans to join the union?
(a) John Kikulski.
(b) George Golomb.
(c) Peter. Borowicz
(d) David Danek.

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

6. When did Judge Alschuler increase wages in the packing industry for a second time?
(a) March 1919.
(b) April 1919.
(c) February 1919.
(d) January 1919.

7. In Ten: "Northern Fever," where did the police confiscate the Defender?
(a) Sandersville.
(b) Laurel.
(c) Lauderdale.
(d) Meridian.

8. What was the name of the football, track, and baseball star who traveled from Minneapolis to sign up with the Eight Infantry Regiment?
(a) Sam Ransom.
(b) Dan McDaniels.
(c) Robert Wiley.
(d) Bob Wilson.

9. In Ten: "Northern Fever," how many children did the Hunters take with them when they moved to Chicago?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

10. How tall was the Chicago Illinois Central station vaulted ceiling in the waiting room?
(a) 45 feet.
(b) 75 feet.
(c) 60 feet.
(d) 50 feet.

11. How much were teachers paid monthly in Chicago in Ten: "Northern Fever"?
(a) $35.
(b) $40.
(c) $30.
(d) $25.

12. What was the number of the union branch established in the Black Belt in Fifteen: "Tensions Rising"?
(a) Local 411.
(b) Local 651.
(c) Local 317.
(d) Local 294.

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

14. In 1917, how many were on the Chicago Real Estate Board committee to keep blacks out of certain neighborhoods?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

15. In 1919, when did a group of boys scuffle in Washington Park?
(a) June 15.
(b) April 12.
(c) July 11.
(d) May 29.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Langston Hughes arrive in Chicago?

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

3. When did immigrants and blacks leave their Chicago homes to fight in the Great War?

4. In 1919, what percent of the vote did Thompson gain to be reelected as mayor of Chicago?

5. What was a judges decision regarding disputes between packers and their workers in 1918?

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