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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. At the height of Senator Joseph McCarthy's popularity, what percentage of the US population "believed he was doing an outstanding job of rooting out secret Communists" (107)?

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

3. The "white press" in which area of the country in particular is described as having "made the situation much worse" (73) during the Red Summer?

4. In what year did Senator Joseph McCarthy's first event aimed at inciting a second Red Scare take place?

5. 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)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the way in which the theme of injustice arises within the book's descriptions of the aftermath of the Elaine Massacre.

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

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

4. What was the event referred to as "the Great Migration" (67) and for what reasons did it occur?

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

6. How did the Red Scare get its title?

7. 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?

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

9. What is the significance of the date January 2, 1920?

10. What was "the Soviet Ark" (104)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss Sandler’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of 1919: The Year That Changed America.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Sandler’s use of the motif of sound within the nonfiction work 1919: The Year That Changed America.

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