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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Black woman that threatened to boycott the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 if Black women were not given a "more substantial voice in the proceedings"?

2. In 1915, how many state and local branches did the Black Chamber of Commerce have?

3. To whom did Mary Church Terrell look to for help in her address to President Harrison?

4. What was established for the purpose of invalid girls to go and help the poor?

5. When did the first African men and women come to Virginia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did many of the Baptist clergy state that the only place for women was in the church singing?

2. What contradictions did Black women face when it came to supporting Booker T. Washington?

3. How did Mary Ann Shadd Cary prove that she, as a Black woman, should have the right to vote?

4. What were the differences between the Black and White women's organizations?

5. What happened as a result of Ida B. Wellss' British tour?

6. Why did the chapter "The Quest for Woman Suffrage" state that women's suffrage was important?

7. According to the chapter "Casting of the Die," how did English slave traders describe Black women?

8. After emancipation, what did both Black men and women escape from? (Not in regard to slavery itself.)

9. Describe the two sides regarding the Fifteenth Amendment.

10. Although written to discuss the animal world, Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" was consequently paralleled to human society. How was this explained?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did mainstream society depict Black women in media? What issues did Black women have with these depictions? What did Black women do to change these media representations?

Essay Topic 2

Part one of the book was dedicated to Black women "inventing themselves." Discuss in detail the steps that Black women needed to take to invent themselves.

Essay Topic 3

Part two of the book was dedicated to the "new negro" woman. Discuss in detail who the "new negro" was. Why did she have to change? What steps were required for her to become a new woman? What problems did she face as she redefined who she was?

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