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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 the outcome of the case?

2. How many people crammed into the area around the house?

3. In Michigan, how many armed people make up a mob?

4. Who did the mayor blame for racial violence?

5. The inspector had how many reinforcements to help control the mob on Garland Avenue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Name at least one of the obstacles involved in Darrow and Hays joining the legal team on the Sweet case.

2. How did White approach the Sweets' lawyers? What was the outcome of the meeting?

3. What was the resolution between Rowlette and the NAACP?

4. How did Darrow's involvement change the tone of national press coverage?

5. What significant testimony greatly helped the Sweet case?

6. Discuss the replacement of Hays on the defense team.

7. Briefly describe the closing arguments and verdict.

8. Relay Henry's story regarding the incident on Garland Avenue.

9. What was the assistant prosecutor's angle when presented the Sweet case to a judge in a pre-trial hearing?

10. What happened after the shootings on Garland Avenue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Give examples of specific acts of racial violence in white neighborhoods. Focus on various ethnicities, not just blacks. Also use immigrants as targets for racial and ethnic violence.

Essay Topic 2

Ossian Sweet was dedicated to obtaining impressive credentials and prestige in the black community. Examine Sweet's need for prestige and the actions he took to get the necessary accomplishments and credentials. What did it mean to have prestige in 1925 in Detroit? Did Sweet accomplish his goals?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the career and professional skills of Clarence Darrow. Detail Darrow's educational history, evolution as an attorney, involvement in the Sweet case, and other famous cases in which he participated.

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