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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. In Ten: "Northern Fever," what should Mrs. Hunter have gotten for her house?

2. At the end of Seventeen: "Race Riot, how many of those who attacked blacks were arrested?

3. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," when was the union ready to sign "up the masses" (123)?

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

5. When did Langston Hughes arrive in Chicago?

Short Essay Questions

1. In 1917, what was Louis Swift's goal regarding unions, and what strategy did he use that his father used?

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

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

4. What was the situation throughout 1918 as migrants continued to move to Chicago?

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

6. Who was running against Bill Thompson in 1919?

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

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

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

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

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

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

Southern blacks were met at the train depot in Chicago by blacks and white who helped them assimilate into life in Chicago. What groups helped Southern blacks assimilate into life in Chicago? What did those efforts reveal about black solidarity?

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