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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the circulation of the Chicago Defender in 1919?
(a) 130,000.
(b) 44,000.
(c) 33,000.
(d) 90,000.

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

3. In 1919, how many candidates were trying to unseat Big Bill for mayor?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

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

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

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

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

8. How many flyers were handed out on the street encouraging union membership in Fifteen: "Tensions Rising"?
(a) 75,000.
(b) 110,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 50,000.

9. In 1916, how much canned beef did American meat packers export?
(a) 70 million tons.
(b) 45 millions tons.
(c) 80 million tons.
(d) 50 million tons.

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

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

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

13. 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 294.
(d) Local 317.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the southernmost city that the Illinois Central Railroad traveled to?

2. In Ten: "Northern Fever," how much time were Southern black children allowed to attend school?

3. When was Jesse Binga the target of two bombs?

4. What was the name of the man who killed Eugene Williams?

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

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