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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 police department in Ten: "Northern Fever" blocked all the train depots to stop blacks from purchasing tickets?
(a) Mobile.
(b) Hattiesburg.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) Jackson.

2. When did Judge Alschuler increase wages in the packing industry for a second time?
(a) April 1919.
(b) January 1919.
(c) March 1919.
(d) February 1919.

3. In Ten: "Northern Fever," where did the police confiscate the Defender?
(a) Laurel.
(b) Sandersville.
(c) Meridian.
(d) Lauderdale.

4. When a mob attacked a black man at a train station in Fourteen: "Respectability and Respect," how many days in jail did the black man get?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

5. What was the name of the union newspaper in 1919?
(a) Solidarity Press.
(b) Labor and Workers.
(c) Solidarity and Freedom.
(d) New Majority.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Richard E. Parker's occupation?

2. How many flyers were handed out on the street encouraging union membership in Fifteen: "Tensions Rising"?

3. How many bombs exploded in January 1919 on the doorsteps of real estate offices?

4. How much did Mrs.Hunter sell her house for in Ten: "Northern Fever"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the goal of the Chicago Real Estate Board and how did they try to achieve their goals?

3. Between 1915 and 1917, why did many southern blacks find themselves out of work?

4. In Twelve: "A Job, Any Job," why did Louis Swift and other industrialists like the work of T. Arnold Hill and his staff?

5. Why wre blacks worried in 1919 about jobs, and what seemed to confirm their worries?

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

7. What happened at the Argo corn refinery in July of 1919?

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

9. What union was established in 1917, and who were the leaders?

10. Who was running against Bill Thompson in 1919?

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