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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The first race riot of the Red Summer took place in what city?
2. In 1919, which American city "was regarded as the crime capital of the United States" (76)?
3. In what year did Senator Joseph McCarthy's first event aimed at inciting a second Red Scare take place?
4. 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?
5. The May Day parade in Cleveland ended with how many people having been injured?
Short Essay Questions
1. What scene is captured in the photograph Sandler includes as an epigraph to Chapter 4: The Red Scare and what is its significance?
2. Discuss an example of irony Sandler points out within a particular historical event.
3. What effect did the words of W.E.B. Du Bois have on black Americans returning from serving in World War I?
4. What was "the Soviet Ark" (104)?
5. What action did the NAACP take against four major white newspapers in 1919 and why?
6. What is the significance of the date January 2, 1920?
7. Who coined the phrase the Red Summer and why?
8. How were the expectations of black American soldiers dashed when they returned from fighting in World War I?
9. What is the philosophy behind Communism and why are its results so often less than idyllic?
10. When and where did "1919's most murderous acts of violence" (82) take place?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Sandler use sensory details in order to strengthen the text’s messages? Discuss at least two passages that include the use of sensory details and pull quotes from these passages to support your claim.
Essay Topic 2
How is the theme of injustice portrayed within 1919: The Year That Changed America? Examine Sandler's treatment of and messages regarding injustice throughout the work.
Essay Topic 3
Examine Sandler’s use of characterization methods to portray real people. What effect do these characterization methods have on the work's inherent themes and messages?
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