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

2. In the summer of 1919, how active members did Black Local 651 have?

3. In 1910, what percent of blacks were living in the South?

4. What was the southernmost city that the Illinois Central Railroad traveled to?

5. When immigrant workers walked out of the Argo corn refinery, how many black non-union men marched in to take their places?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In Thirteen: "Full to Bursting," why could blacks not move to different areas than the Black Belt?

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

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

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

10. Who was running against Bill Thompson in 1919?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When many Blacks fought in the Great War, jobs opened in Chicago, and many Southern whites migrated to Chicago. What challenges did Southern blacks have to overcome to even get to Chicago? What did they have to learn and what challenges did they have to overcome once they arrived in Chicago?

Essay Topic 2

Irish were more likely to join unions, but some blacks did join. What experiences did blacks have with unions? How were they disillusioned regarding unions? Why did blacks become reluctant to join labor unions?

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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