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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In 1919, how many candidates were trying to unseat Big Bill for mayor?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.
2. In 1918, how many black migrants were settled into Chicago?
(a) 53,000.
(b) Nearly 50,000.
(c) About 40,000.
(d) 37,000.
3. In Ten: "The Northern Fever," how much did Mr. Henderson earn monthly working for the railroad?
(a) $100.
(b) $150.
(c) $75.
(d) $125.
4. How much did Mrs.Hunter sell her house for in Ten: "Northern Fever"?
(a) $700.
(b) $650.
(c) $500.
(d) $800.
5. 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.
Short Answer Questions
1. In 1917, how many were on the Chicago Real Estate Board committee to keep blacks out of certain neighborhoods?
2. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," how many people turned out to hear union leaders announce a judge's decision regarding workers in Packingtown?
3. When did Langston Hughes arrive in Chicago?
4. How many bombs exploded in January 1919 on the doorsteps of real estate offices?
5. What was a judges decision regarding disputes between packers and their workers in 1918?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Twelve: "A Job, Any Job," why did Louis Swift and other industrialists like the work of T. Arnold Hill and his staff?
2. What was different about dress and behavior of Northern and Southern blacks in Fourteen: "Respectability and Respect"?
3. What happened at the Argo corn refinery in July of 1919?
4. Why did blacks help elect Republican William Thompson as mayor in 1915?
5. In Thirteen: "Full to Bursting," why could blacks not move to different areas than the Black Belt?
6. Between 1915 and 1917, why did many southern blacks find themselves out of work?
7. What were some company-sponsored social groups that were established in Twelve, "A Job, Any Job"?
8. In Seventeen: "Race Riot," what happened when black bathers stormed from the 26th Street to the 29th Street beach?
9. What happened when the early shifts at the Stock Yard ended mid-afternoon in Seventeen: "Race Riot"?
10. Why was there a housing shortage in the Black Belt in Thirteen: "Full to Bursting"?
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