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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Eugene Williams born?

2. On July 27, 1919, what did temperatures soar to by the height of the day?

3. In 1870, how many blacks called Chicago home?

4. What was the name of the Chicago neighborhood where the Urban League Offices were located in 1919?

5. What street car ran from north to south in Chicago in 1919?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Packingtown like in Seven: "Parallel Universes"?

2. What type of work did Irishmen perform when the Chicago canal was built?

3. What happened when the raft that John and his friends were using drifted near the 29th Street beach?

4. In One: "The Beach," what was the weather and atmosphere like in John Harris's neighborhood?

5. Who was Ida B. Wells?

6. Why were tension rising at the 29th Street beach on July 27, 1919?

7. What was the job of a cattle butcher in Six: "Waste Matters"?

8. Where did John and his friends have a special place for their own by the water?

9. What was the work of women like in Seven: "Parallel Universes"?

10. How many blacks were employed by the Union Stock Yard after the Civil War?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gustavus Swift entered the butchering process as an apprentice in 1855. He went on to become one of the major meat packers at Chicago's Union Stock Yard. What goals did Swift have? What problems did he have to solve to meet his goals? How did he have to use ingenuity to solve his problems?

Essay Topic 2

Both the title of the book and Carl Sandburg’s poem reference “red drops of blood.” What do the red drops of blood symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

Southern blacks were different in a number of ways from Northern blacks. What were some differences between Southern and Northern blacks? Why did whites not see the differences between Northern and Southern blacks? How did those perceptions add to stereotypes of all blacks?

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