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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. What was the number of the union branch established in the Black Belt in Fifteen: "Tensions Rising"?
(a) Local 651.
(b) Local 317.
(c) Local 411.
(d) Local 294.

2. What nationality were the men who dug a canal in Chicago in Five: "White Negroes"?
(a) Irish.
(b) Polish.
(c) German.
(d) Lithuanian.

3. What were the dimensions of the raft that John and his friends built?
(a) 10 feet long by 5 feet wide.
(b) 14 feet long by 9 feet wide.
(c) 15 feet long by 8 feet wide.
(d) 11 feet long by 6 feet wide.

4. In 1919, how many candidates were trying to unseat Big Bill for mayor?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

5. When did a Mrs. Hunter tell her son to move North for better wages in Ten: "Northern Fever"?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1917.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what percent did immigration to the United States drop by between 1914 and 1917?

2. Where did Gustavius Franklin Swift start his company?

3. How many people lived in Chicago in 1837?

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

5. When was the Chicago harbor designated by the U.S. Congress as an official port of entry?

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