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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. What was important about the year?

2. In what year was Sweet born?

3. Sweet dreamed of studying where?

4. In what month did the Sweets return to the U.S.?

5. How much did Sweet invest in the pharmacy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the reaction of the slaves when they learned about Lee's surrender and the arrival of Union troops?

2. Who agrees to spend the first couple of nights at the Sweets' new home?

3. Name the racist groups founded at this time. Where was their presence the strongest?

4. What is causing the rapid expansion of Detroit?

5. Describe some of the incidents that took place around the arrival of blacks in white neighborhoods.

6. How did Sweet spend his first months in Detroit?

7. What was the real estate situation in Detroit at the time?

8. Describe the social climate in Detroit in 1925.

9. Name two movements that came into being in full force at the end of World War I.

10. What was the purpose and scope of the AME? What was it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the AME Church? Describe the church, its founders, mission, purpose and actions. Where was the church based? How many affiliates were there? How was the church affiliated with the black community? How was the church tied into the Sweet case? Does the church still exist?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the actions of the police in Detroit during the riots. Compare and contrast those actions with those in other riotous situations such as riots that took place in Los Angeles, Watts, Chicago, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., etc.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the concept of mob mentality. What is mob mentality? Is it positive or negative? How did mob mentality play a role in the story? Have you ever experienced mob mentality? Explain.

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