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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. Where did John's family live in 1919?
2. When did Swift move to Chicago?
3. How many beaches were on the lake near Chicago in 1919?
4. In Seven: "Parallel Universes," how many languages did an observer note were used by the various Catholic churches?
5. In 1919, what park was near the Union Stock Yards?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was Ferdinand Barnett?
2. When was the first strike called at the stockyards and how successful was it?
3. Why did John not go home immediately after Eugene's death?
4. How did Gustavus Swift change the meat packing industry?
5. Why did John and his friends run to the beach after hitching a ride?
6. In the Prologue, what rage had been building in Chicago and how had it started?
7. In 1919, where could people go outside and what could to they do?
8. Where there segregation laws in Chicago in 1919?
9. What type of work did Irishmen perform when the Chicago canal was built?
10. Who was Ida B. Wells?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There were tensions among the different unions and the races they represented. Why were unions mostly unsuccessful in getting blacks to join? What role did the work of the unions play in racial tensions in the early 1900s?
Essay Topic 2
Southern blacks were met at the train depot in Chicago by blacks and white who helped them assimilate into life in Chicago. What groups helped Southern blacks assimilate into life in Chicago? What did those efforts reveal about black solidarity?
Essay Topic 3
Southern blacks were different in a number of ways from Northern blacks. What were some differences between Southern and Northern blacks? Why did whites not see the differences between Northern and Southern blacks? How did those perceptions add to stereotypes of all blacks?
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