A Few Red Drops Test | Final Test - Hard

Claire Hartfield
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Few Red Drops Test | Final Test - Hard

Claire Hartfield
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. In Fifteen: "Tensions Rising," when did someone explode a bomb in a black family's home?

2. How tall was the Chicago Illinois Central station vaulted ceiling in the waiting room?

3. In 1915, what destroyed cotton crops?

4. In Ten: "Northern Fever," where did the police confiscate the Defender?

5. When was a novel published about Packingtown's crumbling, disease prone community?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did blacks help elect Republican William Thompson as mayor in 1915?

2. In Thirteen: "Full to Bursting," why could blacks not move to different areas than the Black Belt?

3. How did the Urban League and YMCA help blacks adapt to life in Chicago in Eleven: "A Real Place for Negroes"?

4. What happened at the Argo corn refinery in July of 1919?

5. In Ten: "Northern Fever," how did the police in Hattiesburg try to stop the blacks from leaving the South and why did they wish to keep the blacks in the South?

6. In Seventeen: "Race Riot," what happened when black bathers stormed from the 26th Street to the 29th Street beach?

7. How did Mayor Thompson react regarding the riot in Seventeen: "Race Riot"?

8. Why wre blacks worried in 1919 about jobs, and what seemed to confirm their worries?

9. In March 1919, what did A. L. Jackson say about the mindset of the returned black soldier?

10. What happened when the early shifts at the Stock Yard ended mid-afternoon in Seventeen: "Race Riot"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lower class blacks and whites had many of the same problems. What problems were similar among lower class blacks and whites? Why did their problems not unite them? How and why did their problems put them at odds with one another?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The riot ended in 1919, but it did not solve the problems that started it. What lessons were learned from the riot? What challenges remained after the riot? Are there still challenges that need to be address 100 years after the riot?

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