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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. Where was Mary Church Terrell living when she heard the news of the grocer's lynching?

2. According to Virginia law, if a Christian was found to "commit fornication" with a Negro man or woman, how would his fines multiply?

3. What city did the lynching occur at the opening of the book?

4. Following the Civil War, why how did Black men "vindicate their manhood"?

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

3. At a women's rights meeting in Akron, Ohio, what was Sojourner Truth's message?

4. What commonalities did Black and White women's organizations have?

5. What was the purpose of the World Colombian Exposition of 1893?

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

7. Why was the Black family under siege between 1890 and 1910?

8. What was the goal of the CWPA?

9. What incident moved W.E.B. Du Bois to praise Black women for their courage?

10. What law did Virginia pass in regard to children born to Black female slaves and their masters?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Black men were the focus in many parts throughout the book. Discuss in detail the issues that Black men had with the progression of Black women in America.

-Where did their (Black men) issues arise from?

-Why did Black men not support Black women?

-How were the issues that Black men faced different from the issues that Black women faced?

Essay Topic 2

What opposition did Black women face in regard to the men of their own race and culture? Where did these issues arise from? How were the issues solved?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the Black women's clubs detailed in the book and describe:

1) its initial founding

2) the focus of the group

3) the progress the group made and

4) the opposition the group faced.

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