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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: The Red Scare.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The House Un-American Activities Committee was formed by which body?
(a) The Red Cross.
(b) The State Department.
(c) The Senate.
(d) Congress.

2. How many "suspected anarchists and Communists" (104) were arrested by federal agents in Communist raids on November 9, 1919?
(a) 200.
(b) 350.
(c) 900.
(d) 450.

3. On what date in 1919 did a major race riot begin in Washington, D.C.?
(a) July 6.
(b) July 19.
(c) July 4.
(d) June 30.

4. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer had the ultimate goal of taking which office in the United States government?
(a) President.
(b) Secretary of State.
(c) Vice-president.
(d) Secretary of War.

5. Toward what location did the "ancient army transport ship" (105) called the Buford take its passengers?
(a) Greece.
(b) Russia.
(c) Germany.
(d) Norway.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many black sharecroppers attended the meeting of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union meeting on September 30, 1919?

2. The leader of the new bureau named the General Intelligence Division created a filing system containing detailed information about how many people?

3. How many black citizens lived in Forsythe County, Georgia at the beginning of 1919?

4. The first race riot of the Red Summer took place in what month of 1919?

5. How many white people were arrested during the Elaine Massacre?

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