1. Who, at an 1869 convention, spoke in support of the Fifteenth Amendment?
(a) Donna Mary Banks.
(b) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(c) Frances Ellen Harper.
(d) Mattie Griffith.

2. Whom did the Fifteenth Amendment permit the right to vote to?
(a) Black men and white women.
(b) Black men.
(c) White women.
(d) Black men and women.

3. What did Ida B. Wells claim "should have a place of honor in every home"?
(a) The man of the household.
(b) A deed to the home.
(c) Freedom papers.
(d) A Winchester rifle.

4. According to Virginia law, if a Christian was found to "commit fornication" with a Negro man or woman, how would his fines multiply?
(a) By six.
(b) By two.
(c) By three.
(d) By four.

5. Who was the author of the first Black novel written in America?
(a) Frederick Douglass.
(b) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(c) William Wells Brown.
(d) Richard M. Morester.

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. What was the name of the grocery that had been a target of White resentment?

3. Who, according to a law passed by the House of Burgesses, had to give female slaves permission before they could marry?

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

5. Who was by law ordered to be whipped for laying with a negro in 1630?

(see the answer key)

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