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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. During the Great War, how many aircraft engines needed to be produced in two years?

2. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," when did someone explode a bomb in a black family's home?

3. In Thirteen: "Full to Bursting," how many people did a rooming-house owner house in a three-month period?

4. In 1917, how many were on the Chicago Real Estate Board committee to keep blacks out of certain neighborhoods?

5. How many bombs exploded in January 1919 on the doorsteps of real estate offices?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Twelve: "A Job, Any Job," why did Louis Swift and other industrialists like the work of T. Arnold Hill and his staff?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Eleven: "A Real Place for Negroes," who would help black migrants when they arrived by train in Chicago?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There were tensions among the different unions and the races they represented. Why were unions mostly unsuccessful in getting blacks to join? What role did the work of the unions play in racial tensions in the early 1900s?

Essay Topic 2

The riot ended in 1919, but it did not solve the problems that started it. What lessons were learned from the riot? What challenges remained after the riot? Are there still challenges that need to be address 100 years after the riot?

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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