1919 The Year That Changed America Test | Final Test - Medium

Martin W. Sandler
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 150 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

1919 The Year That Changed America Test | Final Test - Medium

Martin W. Sandler
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) 35.
(b) 75.
(c) 105.
(d) 205.

2. In how many American cities, in total, were Communist raids carried out on November 9, 1919?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

3. How many US states enacted laws making it illegal to fly a red flag?
(a) 46.
(b) 20.
(c) 32.
(d) 12.

4. Every black man arrested during the 1919 Elaine Massacre was helped by civil rights groups and all were released by January of what year?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1931.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many white people were arrested during the Elaine Massacre?

2. The May Day parade in Cleveland ended with how many people having been arrested?

3. At what kind of location was a meeting of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America held on September 30, 1919?

4. In what city was a policeman stabbed and killed during a 1919 May Day labor movement event?

5. Over what country did the Bolsheviks take control before establishing a Communist dictatorship there?

Short Essay Questions

1. In which three American cities did the three "largest and most devastating riots of all take place" (72) during the period called the Red Summer?

2. What is the philosophy behind Communism and why are its results so often less than idyllic?

3. Who coined the phrase the Red Summer and why?

4. When and where did "1919's most murderous acts of violence" (82) take place?

5. How were the expectations of black American soldiers dashed when they returned from fighting in World War I?

6. Discuss an example of irony Sandler points out within a particular historical event.

7. What did the Northern United States symbolize for the famous writer Richard Wright?

8. What action did the NAACP take against four major white newspapers in 1919 and why?

9. What scene is captured in the photograph Sandler includes as an epigraph to Chapter 4: The Red Scare and what is its significance?

10. Who was the leader of the second Red Scare and when did it occur?

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