1. Due to the 1918-1919 flu pandemic, one in every how many solders in the army died of influenza and its complications, according to the author in Chapter 20?
(a) 34.
(b) 82.
(c) 67.
(d) 49.

2. Who was the Philadelphia public health director when the outbreak of 1918 flu began in the city?
(a) Rupert Blue.
(b) Wilmer Krusen.
(c) Jacob Henle.
(d) Carl Ludwig.

3. Where did Paul Lewis attend college?
(a) The University of Chicago.
(b) The University of Wisconsin.
(c) Johns Hopkins University.
(d) The University of Pennsylvania.

4. What sentence was socialist Eugene Debs given for opposing the war then the U.S. entered it?
(a) 10 years in prison.
(b) 20 years in prison.
(c) 15 years in prison.
(d) 5 years in prison.

5. How many sailors arrived from Boston at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on September 7, 1918?
(a) 100.
(b) 200.
(c) 400.
(d) 300.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 21 that the process of inflammation involves the release by certain white blood cells of proteins that are called what?

2. The author states in Chapter 17 that there were no high schools in all of South Philadelphia until what year?

3. When Woodrow Wilson took the presidency in 1912, he had won what percentage of the vote?

4. When WWI bega, there were 140,000 physicians in the United States. How many of them were serving in the army or navy?

5. Who was the U.S. Attorney General when the U.S. entered WWI?

(see the answer key)

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