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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fifteen: Tension Rising to Seventeen: Race Riot.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In One: "The Beach," how many blacks angered whites whey they went to the 29th Street beach and laid down on the sand?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

2. When did Michael Donnelly end the strike he called in Eight: "A Stone's Throw"?
(a) September 8, 1904.
(b) September 23, 1904.
(c) October 3, 1904.
(d) October 11, 1904.

3. When was John Jones elected to political office?
(a) 1871.
(b) 1870.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1873.

4. What was the name of the man who killed Eugene Williams?
(a) Daniel Wyatt.
(b) Steven Davis.
(c) John Martin.
(d) George Stauber.

5. What group did not like Big Bill because of his anti-catholic propaganda?
(a) Lithuanians.
(b) Irish.
(c) Blacks.
(d) Polish.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1910, what percent of blacks were living in the South?

2. In One: "The Beach," what was the date that changed John Turner Harri's life?

3. What was the name of the area west of the Union Stock Yards and north of a park in 1919?

4. When did Langston Hughes arrive in Chicago?

5. When did the Chicago Defender recommend that Southern blacks come North for employment?

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