Chapter 20

Quiz for Document 20-5: The Liberator, Tulsa, November 9th (1918)

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Question 1

According to the article published in The Liberator in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1918, the local police and Ku Klux Klan members joined forces to harass and attack Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) members for which of the following reasons?A. The IWW had publicly proclaimed its support for the Axis powers during World War I.
B. They believed the IWW was planning to disrupt petroleum production and distribution.
C. IWW members had been perpetrating violence against oil company executives and facilities.
D. They believed the IWW was closely affiliated with the Socialist and Communist Parties.

Question 2

The “resident of Tulsa” quoted in the first part of the article claims the anti-union violence had originated a year earlier when IWW representatives beganA. distributing anti-war pamphlets to oil-field workers.
B. stockpiling weapons in local warehouses.
C. successfully organizing oil-field workers for better pay and hours.
D. threatening the overthrow of the American government.

Question 3

What is the significance of the references to “hemp” in the copy of the editorial from the Tulsa Daily World reproduced in the Liberator article?A. Anti-union activists were known to smoke marijuana often.
B. The editorial is recommending the lynching, with hemp rope, of union members.
C. Union leaders often advocated for legalization of marijuana.
D. Workers in the hemp rope industry were not unionized.