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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. Sandler states, "One of the NWP's main strategies was that of" (47) taking what action?
(a) Lobbying.
(b) Selling pamphlets.
(c) Fundraising.
(d) Sending telegrams.

2. In what month of 1919 did the Senate make it clear to A. Mitchell Palmer that "if he did not move boldly against the Red menace," (102) he risked being removed from office?
(a) October.
(b) January.
(c) April.
(d) July.

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

4. The box marked "Molasses" (26) in Chapter 1: An Amazing Event states that molasses is "produced by boiling juice extracted from" (28) what?
(a) Guavas.
(b) Sugarcane.
(c) Coconuts.
(d) Pineapple.

5. How many thousands of black people took part in the Great Migration, according to Sandler?
(a) 40.
(b) 500.
(c) 120.
(d) 360.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what city did Al Capone move in the year 1920?

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

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

4. The politician who held up a blank sheet of paper during a speech claimed that it contained the names of how many Communist members of the US State Department?

5. Sandler writes, "Communism is based on a system in which" what entity "owns everything and is responsible for distributing resources to every citizen" (96)?

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