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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. How many tons of molasses poured out of the USIA company's huge container, igniting the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?
(a) 7,000.
(b) 14,000.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 11,000.

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

3. On what date did President Woodrow Wilson take action in regard to the Washington, D.C. race riots described in Chapter 3: The Red Summer?
(a) July 29.
(b) July 22.
(c) September 30.
(d) August 1.

4. How many of the children standing near the container at the time of the disaster survived the event?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

5. Over what country did the Bolsheviks take control before establishing a Communist dictatorship there?
(a) Iran.
(b) Ukraine.
(c) Russia.
(d) Romania.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many black people were arrested in the melee termed the Elaine Massacre?

2. The leader of the new bureau named the General Intelligence Division created a filing system containing how many hundreds of thousands of "cross-indexed cards" (100)?

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

4. What color did USIA paint the container in an effort to camouflage its numerous leaks oozing molasses?

5. In what state was the Seneca Falls Convention held?

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