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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 1919, how many candidates were trying to unseat Big Bill for mayor?

2. During the Great War, how many aircraft engines needed to be produced in two years?

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

4. What police department in Ten: "Northern Fever" blocked all the train depots to stop blacks from purchasing tickets?

5. At the end of Seventeen: "Race Riot, how many of those who attacked blacks were arrested?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened in the Black Belt at the end of Seventeen: "Race Riot"?

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. Between 1915 and 1917, why did many southern blacks find themselves out of work?

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. Who was running against Bill Thompson in 1919?

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

8. What was the goal of the Chicago Real Estate Board and how did they try to achieve their goals?

9. In Twelve: "A Job, Any Job," why did Louis Swift and other industrialists like the work of T. Arnold Hill and his staff?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Ida Wells-Barnett believed that it was necessary to be as “alert as the watchman on the wall” (34). Under what circumstances did Barnett make that comment? What did she mean by that comment? What is revealed about the challenges of equality for blacks by her statement?

Essay Topic 3

Blacks gained the right to vote through the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. How did blacks use their power to vote? How did the blacks vote? What did the way that blacks voted convey about the power of the vote?

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