1919 The Year That Changed America Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Martin W. Sandler
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 150 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

1919 The Year That Changed America Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Martin W. Sandler
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 150 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Strikes and More Strikes - Chapter 6: A Noble Experiment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first race riot of the Red Summer took place in what US state?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Virginia.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Texas.

2. What job did the man have who ended up being tossed into the harbor after narrowly escaping other perils in the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) Auto mechanic.
(b) Barrel-maker.
(c) Cook.
(d) Blacksmith.

3. According to the prestigious organization called Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) how many black people were killed during the Elaine Massacre?
(a) 58.
(b) 237.
(c) 34.
(d) 111.

4. In 1919, which American city "was regarded as the crime capital of the United States" (76)?
(a) New York City.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Los Angeles.

5. How old was Alice Paul when she attended the annual convention held by the National American Woman Suffrage Association?
(a) 34.
(b) 22.
(c) 28.
(d) 17.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many tons of molasses poured out of the USIA company's huge container, igniting the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

2. How many feet high was the container that held the raw molasses involved in the Great Molasses Flood?

3. In front of what location are the suffragists picketing, in the photograph included just prior to the opening of Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote?

4. What action did Calvin Coolidge, the Massachusetts governor, take when it appeared that at Boston Police Department strike was imminent?

5. When the Massachusetts state guardsmen were sent into Boston, what was NOT an object with which they were "pelted" (130) by citizens?

(see the answer key)

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