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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 bombs exploded in January 1919 on the doorsteps of real estate offices?

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

3. What police department in Ten: "Northern Fever" blocked all the train depots to stop blacks from purchasing tickets?

4. Who did President Wilson appoint to arbitrate any disputes between packers and the union?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Mayor Thompson react regarding the riot in Seventeen: "Race Riot"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Blacks gained the right to vote through the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. How did blacks use their power to vote? How did the blacks vote? What did the way that blacks voted convey about the power of the vote?

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

Ida Wells-Barnett believed that it was necessary to be as “alert as the watchman on the wall” (34). Under what circumstances did Barnett make that comment? What did she mean by that comment? What is revealed about the challenges of equality for blacks by her statement?

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