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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. It is estimated that the waves of molasses involved in the Great Molasses Flood moved at how many miles per hour?
(a) 22.
(b) 60.
(c) 12.
(d) 35.

2. How many children were standing near the container, scraping molasses off the tank, at the time of the disaster?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 11.

3. What is the title of the drawing created in 1915 that depicts "a torch-bearing woman" (38) striding across the United States?
(a) The Freedom.
(b) The Cause.
(c) The Truth.
(d) The Awakening.

4. The first race riot of the Red Summer took place in what city?
(a) Charleston.
(b) Macon.
(c) Houston.
(d) San Antonio.

5. 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) Blacksmith.
(b) Barrel-maker.
(c) Auto mechanic.
(d) Cook.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 1919, which American city "was regarded as the crime capital of the United States" (76)?

3. Which entity "released its official explanation" (105) of the reason why people had been deported on the ship called the Buford?

4. Which amendment was concerned with women's right to vote?

5. Sandler states that those "who carried out lynchings made certain that, whenever possible, they were" what kind of "spectacle" (71)?

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