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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. What was the name of the football, track, and baseball star who traveled from Minneapolis to sign up with the Eight Infantry Regiment?
(a) Sam Ransom.
(b) Bob Wilson.
(c) Robert Wiley.
(d) Dan McDaniels.

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

3. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," when did someone explode a bomb in a black family's home?
(a) July 3.
(b) July 9.
(c) July 17.
(d) July 1.

4. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," when was the union ready to sign "up the masses" (123)?
(a) October.
(b) September.
(c) August.
(d) November.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By what percent did immigration to the United States drop by between 1914 and 1917?

2. In 1918, how many black migrants were settled into Chicago?

3. In Ten: "Northern Fever," where did Robert Horton have his barbershop?

4. In 1916, how much canned beef did American meat packers export?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was there a housing shortage in the Black Belt in Thirteen: "Full to Bursting"?

2. In 1917 what call did President Woodrow Wilson make and how did immigrants and blacks respond?

3. In Ten: "Northern Fever," how did the police in Hattiesburg try to stop the blacks from leaving the South and why did they wish to keep the blacks in the South?

4. In Eleven: "A Real Place for Negroes," who would help black migrants when they arrived by train in Chicago?

5. Who was running against Bill Thompson in 1919?

6. What was the situation throughout 1918 as migrants continued to move to Chicago?

7. Before the United States entered the war, how much meat did American meat packers export?

8. How did Mayor Thompson react regarding the riot in Seventeen: "Race Riot"?

9. What was different about dress and behavior of Northern and Southern blacks in Fourteen: "Respectability and Respect"?

10. In Thirteen: "Full to Bursting," why could blacks not move to different areas than the Black Belt?

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