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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Women Get the Vote.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Henry A. Stinson, the secretary of war in 1913, promised that if the suffragists encountered trouble during Alice Paul's parade, he would send the cavalry from which nearby fort?
(a) Fort Myer.
(b) Fort Briggs.
(c) Fort Collins.
(d) Fort Knox.

2. What did the Washington, D.C. police do when "many of the marchers were grabbed, shoved, and knocked down" (46) during Alice Paul's suffrage parade?
(a) They called off the march.
(b) They arrested the marchers.
(c) Nothing.
(d) They arrested the culprits.

3. The largest-ever suffrage parade took place in what city in November of a particular year?
(a) Boston.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Oakland.
(d) New York City.

4. How many individuals did Ogden find criminally liable for the tragic events of the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

5. By 1916, the membership of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage had grown to what size?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 150,000.
(c) 750,000.
(d) 350,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What objects were kept burning day and night in the tactic the NWP named, "Watchfires of Freedom" (55)?

2. Women participating in Alice Paul's suffrage parade and march in 1913 were instructed to wear what color dresses?

3. It is estimated that the waves of molasses involved in the Great Molasses Flood moved at how many miles per hour?

4. Around what time of day did the Great Molasses Flood commence?

5. USIA bought up as much molasses as possible before Prohibition in order to make and sell what type of alcohol?

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