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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When did the union organize the people of Packingtown to tell their story to the judge appointed by President Wilson?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1920.

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

5. In the summer of 1919, how active members did Black Local 651 have?
(a) 3,300.
(b) 5,600.
(c) 4,500.
(d) 6,000.

6. On June 30, where were two brothers chased from?
(a) Their workplace.
(b) Streetcar.
(c) A beach.
(d) Their home.

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

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

9. By what percent did immigration to the United States drop by between 1914 and 1917?
(a) 65%.
(b) 90%.
(c) 70%.
(d) 85%.

10. When immigrant workers walked out of the Argo corn refinery, how many black non-union men marched in to take their places?
(a) 625.
(b) 600.
(c) 575.
(d) 550.

11. When did the Chicago Defender recommend that Southern blacks come North for employment?
(a) September 1918.
(b) February 1917.
(c) June 1915.
(d) March 1916.

12. In Ten: "Northern Fever," where did Robert Horton have his barbershop?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Hattiesburg.
(c) Meridian.
(d) Movile.

13. When did Robert Abbott establish the Chicago Defender?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1903.

14. How many blacks were employed at the Yard in 1918?
(a) More than 10,000.
(b) 9,000.
(c) 13,000.
(d) About 11,000.

15. In Thirteen: "Full to Bursting," how many people did a rooming-house owner house in a three-month period?
(a) 698.
(b) 504.
(c) 473.
(d) 711.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Langston Hughes arrive in Chicago?

2. What group did not like Big Bill because of his anti-catholic propaganda?

3. When was a novel published about Packingtown's crumbling, disease prone community?

4. Who did President Wilson appoint to arbitrate any disputes between packers and the union?

5. In 1915, what destroyed cotton crops?

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