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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. How many of Socialist Party members did the New York legislature expel "even though they had been freely elected" (102)?
2. How many black people were arrested in the melee termed the Elaine Massacre?
3. The May Day parade in Cleveland ended with how many people having been injured?
4. 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)?
5. Toward what location did the "ancient army transport ship" (105) called the Buford take its passengers?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the House Un-American Activities Committee and who created it?
2. Discuss an example of irony Sandler points out within a particular historical event.
3. In what way are American freedoms shown to have ebbed during the first Red Scare?
4. Discuss the way in which the theme of injustice arises within the book's descriptions of the aftermath of the Elaine Massacre.
5. What does Sandler believe was the primary motivation behind Senator Joseph McCarthy's decision to lead the second Red Scare?
6. How long did the tragic period entitled the Red Summer last?
7. What effect did the words of W.E.B. Du Bois have on black Americans returning from serving in World War I?
8. What role did the black press play in the Great Migration of the early twentieth century?
9. How were the expectations of black American soldiers dashed when they returned from fighting in World War I?
10. What was "the Soviet Ark" (104)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that discusses the symbolism of the cover art chosen for 1919: The Year That Changed America.
Essay Topic 2
How is the theme of hypocrisy treated within Sandler’s text and with which of the text’s messages does the theme closely connect?
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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