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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. How many bombs exploded in January 1919 on the doorsteps of real estate offices?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. In 1918, how many black migrants were settled into Chicago?
(a) 37,000.
(b) About 40,000.
(c) Nearly 50,000.
(d) 53,000.

3. Who did President Wilson appoint to arbitrate any disputes between packers and the union?
(a) Judge Thomas Brighton.
(b) Judge David Michaels.
(c) Judge William Poluski.
(d) Judge Samuel Alschuler.

4. When did Langston Hughes arrive in Chicago?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1918.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1919, how many candidates were trying to unseat Big Bill for mayor?

2. During the Great War, how many aircraft engines needed to be produced in two years?

3. When was a novel published about Packingtown's crumbling, disease prone community?

4. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," when did someone explode a bomb in a black family's home?

5. In Ten: "Northern Fever," what should Mrs. Hunter have gotten for her house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when the early shifts at the Stock Yard ended mid-afternoon in Seventeen: "Race Riot"?

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

3. In Seventeen: "Race Riot," what happened when black bathers stormed from the 26th Street to the 29th Street beach?

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

5. What happened in the Black Belt at the end of Seventeen: "Race Riot"?

6. How did the Urban League and YMCA help blacks adapt to life in Chicago in Eleven: "A Real Place for Negroes"?

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

8. Why did blacks help elect Republican William Thompson as mayor in 1915?

9. Who was running against Bill Thompson in 1919?

10. What were some company-sponsored social groups that were established in Twelve, "A Job, Any Job"?

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