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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 union newspaper in 1919?
(a) Labor and Workers.
(b) New Majority.
(c) Solidarity and Freedom.
(d) Solidarity Press.

2. On June 30, where were two brothers chased from?
(a) Their workplace.
(b) A beach.
(c) Their home.
(d) Streetcar.

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

4. What was the name of the man who killed Eugene Williams?
(a) Steven Davis.
(b) George Stauber.
(c) John Martin.
(d) Daniel Wyatt.

5. In Ten: "Northern Fever," what should Mrs. Hunter have gotten for her house?
(a) $1,300.
(b) $1,400.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $1,200.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the summer of 1919, how active members did Black Local 651 have?

2. How tall was the Chicago Illinois Central station vaulted ceiling in the waiting room?

3. In April of 1919, how many bombs exploded?

4. In 1917, what was the number of the Polish and Lithuanian union Local?

5. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," how much of the Yard's workforce was made up of black laborers?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In March 1919, what did A. L. Jackson say about the mindset of the returned black soldier?

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

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

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