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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In 1919, what was the membership of Olivet Baptist?
(a) 6,033.
(b) 5,934.
(c) 4,271.
(d) 8,430.

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

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

5. What was a judges decision regarding disputes between packers and their workers in 1918?
(a) Wages would be frozen.
(b) Increased wages and overtime for anytime worked beyond eight hours in a day.
(c) Wages would be increased, but there would be no overtime pay.
(d) Workers would get a 50 cent an hour increase.

6. In 1910, what percent of blacks were living in the South?
(a) 70%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 35%.

7. In April of 1919, how many bombs exploded?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

9. What group did not like Big Bill because of his anti-catholic propaganda?
(a) Polish.
(b) Lithuanians.
(c) Irish.
(d) Blacks.

10. How much did Mrs.Hunter sell her house for in Ten: "Northern Fever"?
(a) $650.
(b) $500.
(c) $700.
(d) $800.

11. Whose home was bombed on May 16, 1919?
(a) Peterson.
(b) Morrison.
(c) Williams.
(d) Harrison.

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

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

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

15. In Sixteen: "Last Straws, how many Poles grabbed a black man and told him to join the union or else?
(a) 7 to 10.
(b) 8 to 11.
(c) 4 to 5.
(d) 6 to 8.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did most of the growth of the black population in the Black Belt occur?

3. When did Robert Abbott establish the Chicago Defender?

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

5. In Ten: "Northern Fever," where did the police confiscate the Defender?

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