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East St. Louis massacre - Quiz
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  • 1. Where was the mass meeting held on July 12 where Samuel Gompers spoke about the massacre?
A) St. Louis City Hall
B) Chicago Convention Center
C) The White House
D) Carnegie Hall
  • 2. What position did Samuel Gompers hold during the time of the massacre?
A) President of the American Federation of Labor
B) President of the United States
C) Attorney General of the United States
D) Governor of Illinois
  • 3. What was Theodore Roosevelt's primary stance regarding Gompers' call for an investigation before assigning blame?
A) He suggested the labor unions were blameless
B) He refused to speak on the matter publicly
C) He agreed that a long investigation was necessary
D) He argued that murder must be answered immediately
  • 4. Which congressman requested a federal investigation into the massacre?
A) Woodrow Wilson
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) Samuel Gompers
D) Leonidas C. Dyer
  • 5. What was President Woodrow Wilson's reason for declining a federal investigation on July 28?
A) He was advised by the military to stay out of it
B) Lack of evidence to justify federal action
C) He was occupied with World War I preparations
D) He did not believe a massacre occurred
  • 6. Who was helping local officials in East St. Louis according to Woodrow Wilson?
A) The United States Army
B) The attorney general of the State of Illinois
C) The governor of New York
D) A private investigation firm
  • 7. When did the hearings before the Committee on Rules and the House of Representatives begin?
A) August 3, 1917
B) July 28, 1917
C) October 12, 1917
D) July 12, 1917
  • 8. How did the lack of a full federal investigation affect the Black community?
A) It resulted in the resignation of the mayor
B) It caused an increase in local police funding
C) It led to a mass protest in Washington
D) It damaged Black morale
  • 9. How many total people did the state try in October for crimes related to the massacre?
A) 35
B) 10
C) 25
D) 50
  • 10. Which woman survived an attack to testify against the men who killed her family?
A) Lena Cook
B) Elizabeth Clark
C) Mary Wilson
D) Sarah Bundy
  • 11. What was the name of the white merchant killed by a bullet that passed through Lurizza Beard?
A) Scott Clark
B) Leo Keane
C) Herbert Wood
D) William Keyser
  • 12. What sentence did Dow and Hanna receive after being convicted of murder?
A) 5 years
B) 14 years
C) Death sentence
D) 15 years
  • 13. What was Harry Robinson convicted of after pleading guilty?
A) Homicide
B) Incitement to murder
C) Arson
D) Conspiracy to riot
  • 14. Who was the Black man lynched by Herbert Wood and Leo Keane?
A) Scott Clark
B) William Keyser
C) Lurizza Beard
D) Ed Cook
  • 15. What prison sentence was eventually given to Herbert Wood and Leo Keane for the lynching of Scott Clark?
A) Life imprisonment
B) 5 years
C) Death
D) 14 years
  • 16. What was the profession of Dr. LeRoy Bundy?
A) Lawyer
B) Labor leader
C) Journalist
D) Dentist
  • 17. What was Dr. LeRoy Bundy formally charged with?
A) Conspiracy to steal
B) Assault
C) Inciting a riot
D) Murder
  • 18. Where was Dr. LeRoy Bundy's trial held?
A) New York City
B) Cook County, Illinois
C) St. Clair County, Illinois
D) Washington, D.C.
  • 19. Who was identified as a key ringleader of the riots and sentenced to five years?
A) Harry Robinson
B) Leo Keane
C) Richard Brockway
D) LeRoy Bundy
  • 20. How many white defendants were included in the group of 35 people convicted alongside Dr. Bundy?
A) 5
B) 15
C) 10
D) 25
  • 21. How many African Americans did the police chief estimate were killed during the riot?
A) 150
B) 39
C) 100
D) 200
  • 22. How many white people did the Congressional investigating committee report had died?
A) At least 8
B) 100
C) 39
D) 9
  • 23. How many African Americans did the Congressional investigating committee report had died?
A) 150
B) 8
C) 39
D) 100
  • 24. Why did activists argue that the true number of deaths would never be known?
A) Many corpses were not recovered or did not go through undertakers
B) Records were intentionally destroyed by the government
C) The coroner refused to keep records
D) The burial sites were never mapped
  • 25. Approximately how many African Americans were left homeless after their neighborhoods were burned?
A) 8,000
B) 10,000
C) 4,000
D) 6,000
  • 26. Where did the Silent Parade protesting the riot take place?
A) Washington D.C.
B) New York City
C) East St. Louis
D) Chicago
  • 27. Who organized the Silent Parade in New York City?
A) The police department
B) The NAACP
C) The UNIA
D) The Chamber of Commerce
  • 28. In what publication were photographs of the riot's destruction published in September 1917?
A) The Crisis
B) The New York Times
C) The Chicago Defender
D) The Nation
  • 29. How many houses were reported to have been burned during the riot?
A) 6,000
B) 100
C) 312
D) 44
  • 30. What was the total property damage estimated to be?
A) $10.05 million
B) $400,000
C) $100,000
D) $50,000
  • 31. What type of building valued at over $100,000 was destroyed during the riot?
A) A church
B) A school
C) A warehouse
D) A theatre
  • 32. Who described the 1917 riot as the 'worst case of labor-related violence in 20th-century American history'?
A) Marcus Garvey
B) The Central Trades and Labor Union president
C) Robert Fitch
D) Fred Mollman
  • 33. What primary global event created a labor shortage in industrial cities in 1917?
A) The Industrial Revolution
B) World War I
C) The Great Depression
D) The Spanish-American War
  • 34. What was the name of the movement where African Americans moved from the rural South to the North?
A) The Jim Crow Flight
B) The Great Migration
C) The Northern Expansion
D) The Southern Exodus
  • 35. Which industry mentioned in the text operated in East St. Louis?
A) Aluminum Ore Company
B) Textile milling
C) Automobile manufacturing
D) Coal mining
  • 36. Who was the mayor of East St. Louis during the period of labor tension mentioned in the text?
A) Robert Fitch
B) John Smith
C) Fred Mollman
D) Marcus Garvey
  • 37. In the summer of 1916, white meatpacking employees went on strike; how many Black workers were ultimately retained by the companies?
A) 800
B) 2,000
C) 200
D) 2,500
  • 38. Which official called in the National Guard to suppress the violence in May?
A) Frank Wadley
B) John Walker
C) Governor Frank Orren Lowden
D) Samuel Coppedge
  • 39. According to the State Council of Defense report, why did many Black migrants come to East St. Louis?
A) Invitation from local labor unions
B) False advertisements and unscrupulous employment agents
C) To escape natural disasters
D) Government relocation programs
  • 40. Who were the two police officers killed after entering the Black area on July 1?
A) Samuel Coppedge and Frank Wadley
B) Hugh Wood and a local journalist
C) John Walker and Frank Orren
D) None of the above
  • 41. What action did white rioters take to prevent the fire department from stopping the blazes?
A) They cut the water hoses
B) They stole the fire engines
C) They blocked the streets with cars
D) They burned the fire station
  • 42. What gruesome incident was reported in The Crisis involving a butcher knife?
A) Severe facial scarring
B) Amputation of limbs
C) Stabbing of a child
D) Decapitation
  • 43. How old was the girl described in The Crisis who was forced off a trolley?
A) 10
B) 12
C) 16
D) 8
  • 44. What were white spectators looking at on July 2 before they began rioting?
A) The detectives' bloodstained automobile
B) A protest march
C) The hanging of a Black man
D) The burning fire station
  • 45. Approximately how many people sought refuge in city buildings during the events?
A) 500
B) 10,000
C) 1,500
D) 3,000
  • 46. According to numerous witnesses, what did the National Guard do upon arriving?
A) Initially joined in the attacks
B) Refused to leave their barracks
C) Helped the refugees escape
D) Immediately restored order
  • 47. What specifically did rioters do to prevent photographic documentation?
A) Bribed them to leave
B) Confiscated the film
C) Destroyed their cameras
D) Locked photographers in jail
  • 48. Who did the Red Cross Emergency Committee meet with daily to discuss refugee aid?
A) The police chief
B) Acting Mayor Aloe
C) The military commander
D) The Governor
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