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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. Sweet's new position caused him to become which of the following?

2. What would it have meant if Sweet had backed out of the house deal?

3. How old was Sweet when he left Florida?

4. What was the name of the slave owner?

5. There was a large movement to destroy which entity?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is causing the rapid expansion of Detroit?

2. Explain the Sweets' choice to send their son to Wilberforce University.

3. Explain the Sweets' choice to send their son to Wilberforce University.

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

5. Describe the social climate in Detroit in 1925.

6. Describe Otis Sweet.

7. What new way was promoted by the Democrats?

8. What were the conditions like in the black section of the city?

9. What kind of protection do the Sweets use to ward off any attackers?

10. When Sweet was arrested, he carried with him a piece of evidence. What was it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A major event in the book took place when the Sweets moved into the house on Garland Avenue. Examine the move and its repercussions. Do you feel it was a good idea to go through with the move? What do you think happened to the house? How do you think the neighborhood changed after the mistrial and acquittal of Henry Sweet?

Essay Topic 2

Write how you think the Sweet trial would be handled in today's court system. How would the approach change? Would the case receive national media attention like the Sweet's case? Would the case require the intervention of the NAACP and high powered attorneys? State reasons for your opinions, using as many facts as possible.

Essay Topic 3

Some of the racially aggressive groups in Detroit in the 1920s include the Ku Klux Klan, Regulators, and Whitecappers. Describe each group, its intents and purposes as well as its violent and non-violent activities.

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