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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The period called the Red Summer actually began in which month of 1919?
(a) May.
(b) March.
(c) September.
(d) April.

2. 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) August 1.
(d) September 30.

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) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. The May Day parade in Cleveland ended with how many people having been arrested?
(a) 227.
(b) 116.
(c) 43.
(d) 4.

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

6. In what location did one of "the largest and most devastating riots of all" NOT "take place" (72) during the period known as the Red Summer?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) Elaine, Arkansas.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Macon, Georgia.

7. What condition contributed to a severe labor shortage in the United States during World War I?
(a) The halting of all immigration from Australia.
(b) The halting of all immigration from South America.
(c) The halting of all immigration from Europe.
(d) The halting of all immigration from Asia.

8. The House Un-American Activities Committee searched for communists who had infiltrated which industry?
(a) Steelworking.
(b) Film.
(c) Gold mining.
(d) Banking.

9. About how many black families are estimated to have become homeless by the end of the 1919 race riots in Chicago?
(a) 100.
(b) 300.
(c) 500.
(d) 1,000.

10. In what city was a policeman stabbed and killed during a 1919 May Day labor movement event?
(a) Detroit.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Boston.
(d) Cleveland.

11. On what date in 1919 did a major race riot begin in Washington, D.C.?
(a) July 19.
(b) June 30.
(c) July 4.
(d) July 6.

12. Who was the most famous male anarchist deported during the Palmer Raids in 1919?
(a) Jeffrey Newman.
(b) A. Mitchell Palmer.
(c) Alexander Berkman.
(d) Michael Andretti.

13. The NAACP sent letters of warning to how many different newspapers, telling them that they were "sowing the seeds of a race riot by their inflammatory headlines" (74)?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 16.

14. At what kind of location was a meeting of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America held on September 30, 1919?
(a) A private home.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A church.
(d) A town hall.

15. In what month of 1919 was A. Mitchell Palmer appointed to the position of US attorney general?
(a) March.
(b) June.
(c) September.
(d) November.

Short Answer Questions

1. What system replaced slavery while at the same time doing little to improve the lives of those living within its structure?

2. The Great Migration refers to the period of mass movement of black people in America from what area of United States to the North?

3. Just under how many years after the first Red Scare in America did the second Red Scare take place?

4. How many people were deported using the ship nicknamed the "Soviet Ark" (104) in 1919?

5. Toward what location did the "ancient army transport ship" (105) called the Buford take its passengers?

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