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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Defending Our Name.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the text in the chapter "Prelude to a Movement" detail that captains of industry would later be called?
(a) "Dismantlers."
(b) "Easers of Poverty."
(c) "Robber barons."
(d) "Freedom Fighters."

2. 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"?
(a) Mary Franklin.
(b) Josephine Seams.
(c) Jane P. Merritt.
(d) Ida B. Jones.

3. Who in February of 1893 was lynched in Paris, Texas under the accusation that he had raped a 5-year-old White girl?
(a) Robert Stank.
(b) Terrance Scott.
(c) Charlie Moor.
(d) Henry Smith.

4. According to the Chapter "Defending Our Name," what city in 1893 exported more cotton than any other city in America?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Charleston.
(d) Birmingham.

5. What was the name of the first Black novel published in America? (1861)
(a) "Black."
(b) "Freedom RIngs."
(c) "Clotel."
(d) "A Story."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the author of the first Black novel written in America?

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

3. According to Virginia law, how many additional years of servitude did a servant woman have to serve if she bore the child of her master?

4. Who was known as the "Uncrowned Queen of American Democracy"?

5. 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?

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