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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 much were teachers paid monthly in Chicago in Ten: "Northern Fever"?
(a) $35.
(b) $25.
(c) $30.
(d) $40.

2. 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.

3. When did Chicago's all-black Eight Infantry Regiment prepare to leave for the war?
(a) September.
(b) December.
(c) November.
(d) October.

4. In 1919, what percent of the vote did Thompson gain to be reelected as mayor of Chicago?
(a) 64.
(b) 73.
(c) 59.
(d) 38.

5. In Ten: "Northern Fever," how much time were Southern black children allowed to attend school?
(a) A few months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) A couple months.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1919, what did the black workforce fall from and to from January to May?

2. In 1919, when did a group of boys scuffle in Washington Park?

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

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

5. What was the number of the union branch established in the Black Belt in Fifteen: "Tensions Rising"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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