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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the chapter "Black Braintrusters," where were the first Black aviators for WWII trained?
(a) Tuskegee.
(b) Fort Knox.
(c) Quantico.
(d) West Point.

2. America was the ___________ nation to enfranchise women.
(a) 5th.
(b) 36th.
(c) 22nd.
(d) 12th.

3. Who was the first Black woman named to the federal bench and also became the Manhattan Borough President in 1954?
(a) Claire Stuckker-Morris.
(b) Constance Baker Motley.
(c) Chandra Smith-Jones.
(d) Bridget Brown-Marker.

4. What mission in New York, helped women get job-placement, job training, and offered Afro-American history courses?
(a) The Oak Mission.
(b) White Rose Mission.
(c) Purple Iris Mission.
(d) The Tulip Mission.

5. What was the "talk of the twenties"?
(a) Women working?
(b) Social change.
(c) Femininity.
(d) Feminism.

6. What group in 1927 invited Mary McLeod Bethune to attend a meeting held and hosted by Eleanor Roosevelt?
(a) NACW.
(b) PWA.
(c) DESM.
(d) AWM.

7. Why did the magazine of the NAACP in 1919 state that Black women felt pride for Black men during the race riots?
(a) Because the Black man had "stood up for the Black woman."
(b) Because the Black men had "taken out the White man for once."
(c) Because the Black man had "not backed down from each other."
(d) Because the Balck men had "stood like men."

8. How many brothers and sister did Mary McLeod Bethune have?
(a) 3.
(b) 22.
(c) 11.
(d) 16.

9. What school did the Daytona School for Girls merge with?
(a) Frankman's Boys School.
(b) Washington Institute.
(c) Cookman Institute.
(d) Du Bois' Boys Institute.

10. In what year was the Council for Interracial Cooperation founded?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1947.

11. What was the first theatrical production to feature attractively costumed, glamorous Black women?
(a) The Creole Show.
(b) The Southern Black Belle.
(c) The Dixie Mason Show.
(d) The Song of the South Show.

12. In what year was the Federal Employment Practices Commission established?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1941.

13. Who was elected President of the United States in 1932?
(a) Hoover.
(b) Ford.
(c) Harrison.
(d) FDR.

14. What, according to the chapter "Toward Interracial Cooperation," did Black women believe was essential to "racial harmony"?
(a) "The downfall of male dominance."
(b) "The contribution of women."
(c) "The balance of spheres."
(d) "The necessity of equality."

15. What was the name of the NAACP's magazine?
(a) "The Truth."
(b) "The Call."
(c) "The Crisis."
(d) "The Voice."

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Mary McLeod Bethune have as her initial investment to start a school?

2. How many children were in Charlotte Hawkins Brown's family?

3. Where was the Council for Interracial Cooperation founded?

4. What did Elise McDougald state was assuming a subordinate place in regard to feminists efforts?

5. How many Black branches did the YWCA have in the South in 1906?

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