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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, what did the black workforce fall from and to from January to May?

2. In Sixteen: "Last Straws, how many Poles grabbed a black man and told him to join the union or else?

3. In 1916, how much profit did Louis Swift clear?

4. Between march 1918 and the end of the year, how many bombs were exploded at the offices of black real estate agents and homes of black families?

5. In Ten: "The Northern Fever," how much did Mr. Henderson earn monthly working for the railroad?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the situation throughout 1918 as migrants continued to move to Chicago?

4. In 1917, what was Louis Swift's goal regarding unions, and what strategy did he use that his father used?

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

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

7. In 1917 what call did President Woodrow Wilson make and how did immigrants and blacks respond?

8. Before the United States entered the war, how much meat did American meat packers export?

9. In Eleven: "A Real Place for Negroes," who would help black migrants when they arrived by train in Chicago?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Many black men fought in the Great War. What did black men experience when they fought in the war? How did the experiences that they had affect their expectations of life when they returned home?

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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