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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. When a mob attacked a black man at a train station in Fourteen: "Respectability and Respect," how many days in jail did the black man get?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

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

5. When did most of the growth of the black population in the Black Belt occur?
(a) 1916-1918.
(b) 1914 to 1920.
(c) 1914 to 1916.
(d) 1915-1917.

6. When did the Stockyards Labor Council make plans to have black laborers join the meat packing workers' union?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1918.

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

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

9. 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) 40,000.
(c) 29,000.
(d) 51,000.

10. 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.

11. How many mounted police were posted in the Stock Yard to break up union gatherings in 1919?
(a) 250.
(b) 300.
(c) 530.
(d) 415.

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

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

14. What was Richard E. Parker's occupation?
(a) Lawyer and entrepreneur.
(b) Merchant.
(c) Physician.
(d) Newspaper editor and entrepreneur.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the number of the Chicago Irish Regiment in World War I?

2. In 1919, what was the membership of Olivet Baptist?

3. When immigrant workers walked out of the Argo corn refinery, how many black non-union men marched in to take their places?

4. What was the name of the football, track, and baseball star who traveled from Minneapolis to sign up with the Eight Infantry Regiment?

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

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