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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. How many acres was the Union Stockyards in Six: "Waste Matters"?

2. Where did John's family live in 1919?

3. What was the first state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment?

4. When was a slave catcher killed during the Christiana Resistance?

5. In Eight: "A Stone's Throw," when did Michael Donnelly organize a strike?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What were the only ways that Chicagoans could keep cool in the type of heat wave that was occurring in July of 1919?

4. Who was Ida B. Wells?

5. Where there segregation laws in Chicago in 1919?

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

7. Why did the lives of blacks get more difficult in the 1850s, and what was something that they did about it?

8. What was the unspoken rule about beaches in Chicago?

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

10. In the Prologue, what rage had been building in Chicago and how had it started?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The violence ended a week after the incident on the beach. What did Chicago do to address the issues raised by the riot? How was justice meted out after the riot, and was justice fair to all--black and white?

Essay Topic 2

Mob violence erupted the day of and week after Eugene Williams was killed. What type of violence was committed by mobs? How did anger fuel mob violence? How were mobs more dangerous than individuals on their own?

Essay Topic 3

The man who threw a rock at Eugene Williams was not arrested, even though he was still standing on the beach. How did police treat white and black offenders? How did the police discriminate against black offenders and victims?

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