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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Enter Mary McLeod Bethune.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the Gross National Product between 1869 and 1899?
(a) It was cut by one fourth.
(b) It tripled.
(c) It doubled.
(d) It was cut in half.

2. What was established for the purpose of invalid girls to go and help the poor?
(a) Farcet House.
(b) Hull House.
(c) Well-Stone Home.
(d) Miller's House.

3. What cigar company found itself in the middle of a strike in 1917 in Norfolk, Virginia?
(a) The East Coast Cigar Company.
(b) The American Cigar Company.
(c) The Richmond Cigar Company.
(d) The Virginia Cigar Company.

4. What year's census showed that "all women employed in manufacturing and mechanical industries were Black"?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1920.

5. Between 1915 and 1920, how many Blacks "heeded its (the North's) call" because of the southern exploitation they faced regarding labor.
(a) 700,000.
(b) 1,000,000.
(c) 250,000.
(d) 500,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first theatrical production to feature attractively costumed, glamorous Black women?

2. Who wrote "Voice of the South"?

3. What was Mary McLeod Bethune riding aboard in 1927?

4. Who was committed to Dr. S. Wier Mitchell's Hospital of Orthopedic and Nervous Diseases because of her inability to withstand the stresses of being educated and financially sound and having to care for ailing members of her family?

5. What was the name of the largest Black sorority in 1908?

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