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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 1915, what destroyed cotton crops?

2. What groups supported a Labor Party candidate for mayor in 1919?

3. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," what Polish speaker was tasked with energizing eastern Europeans to join the union?

4. What was the name of the man who killed Eugene Williams?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In Seventeen: "Race Riot," what happened when black bathers stormed from the 26th Street to the 29th Street beach?

9. In Ten: "Northern Fever," how did the police in Hattiesburg try to stop the blacks from leaving the South and why did they wish to keep the blacks in the South?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lower class blacks and whites had many of the same problems. What problems were similar among lower class blacks and whites? Why did their problems not unite them? How and why did their problems put them at odds with one another?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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