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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. According to the chapter "To be a Woman Sublime," what was judged by where a woman wanted to go rather than by where she was?

2. Who from Columbia University described the late nineteenth century as a time of "rapid expansion, desperate competition and peremptory rejection of failure"?

3. What did Ida B. Wells claim "should have a place of honor in every home"?

4. In 1874, what was the most formidable women's organization in Britain?

5. What exposition in 1893 presented Black women with the opportunity to address the redefining of the criteria of true womanhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What opinion did "The Woman's Era" (1894) offer regarding the traditional roles of women?

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

3. Describe the two sides regarding the Fifteenth Amendment.

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

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

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

7. What were Thomas Moss's final words before he was lynched in Tennessee?

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

9. Ultimately, why was Thomas Moss lynched?

10. What did Robert Purvis say about the equality of sexes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the treatment of Black female slaves from setting foot on American soil until slavery was abolished?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the book, Ida B. Wells is discussed in great detail. Discuss Well's accomplishments throughout her time as an activist.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss in detail the problems that Black women faced in regard to the establishment of Black feminist groups. What problems did black women face in regard to opposition from white men and women and from black men?

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