A Few Red Drops Quiz

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Which prior event most solidified the distrust between white immigrants and black workers in 1919? (from Tensions Rising - Race Riot)

The Union Stock Yard strike of 1904.

World War I.

The appointment of Judge Alschuler as mediator between workers and their bosses.

The migration of Southern black people to Chicago.

What were the abolitionists' known for forming during the years of persecution of blacks in Chicago in the nineteenth century? (from Freedom Fight - A Stone's Throw)

Militias.

Spiritual congregations.

Liberty associations.

Unions.

Why did union leaders resent the packers' calls for black men and women to return to work during the race riots? (from Ratcheting Up - Epilogue)

They felt that only they should be the ones to interact directly with black workers on behalf of the bosses.

They wanted to be able to make more money by working overtime while black workers were absent.

They were still wary of having black workers alongside them because they were racist.

They felt that these calls undermined union solidarity by promising black people protection and drawing their loyalties away from the unions.

Why did black people in the South continue to live in a poorer fashion than those in the North, despite the abolition of slavery? (from A Higher Call - Respectability and Respect)

Informal but real segregation and prejudices still pervaded the South.

Southern black people did not know better than to continue living in the South.

Southern black people did not mind being abused, so they did not fight the system.

Southern white people were inherently more racist than Northern white people.

What happened to lieutenants Washington and Browning? (from Ratcheting Up - Epilogue)

Lieutenant Washington stabbed a white aggressor while Lieutenant Browning was injured by another aggressor.

Both individuals acted as police officers in the city, intervening to stop the violence occurring everywhere.

Lieutenant Washington was gravely injured while Lieutenant Browning fled the scene of a mob attack.

Both individuals were killed by white gang members.