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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. Which black author and activist coined the term "the Red Summer" (66)?
(a) Langston Hughes.
(b) Zora Neale Hurston.
(c) Richard Wright.
(d) James Weldon Johnson.

2. "Over" how many "individuals and companies filed lawsuits against USIA" (29) in the aftermath of the Great Molasses Flood?
(a) 25.
(b) 300.
(c) 125.
(d) 425.

3. How many months passed between the end of the Chicago race riots and the start of "1919's most murderous acts of violence" (78) that took place in Arkansas?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

4. How many black people were arrested in the melee termed the Elaine Massacre?
(a) 122.
(b) 43.
(c) 69.
(d) 294.

5. What system replaced slavery while at the same time doing little to improve the lives of those living within its structure?
(a) Indentured servitude.
(b) Sharecropping.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Communism.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1910, the area of Boston affected by the Great Molasses Flood had a population of 28,000 Italians. How large was the total population of that area?

2. What condition contributed to a severe labor shortage in the United States during World War I?

3. For how many months had World War I been over when 1919 began?

4. Which black author wrote about the symbolism of the Northern United States in the early twentieth century?

5. The women in the group called the "suffrage pilgrims" (41) began their long journey in what American city?

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