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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prelude to a Movement.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who, in 1867, spoke against the Fifteenth Amendment before the AERA?
(a) Ida B. Wells.
(b) Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
(c) Sojourner Truth.
(d) Frederick Douglass.

2. What city did the lynching occur at the opening of the book?
(a) Montgomery.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) Memphis.

3. What novel spoke to the desire of slave women to become the mistress of their masters?
(a) "A Need for More."
(b) "The Negro Family."
(c) "Desires of the American Slave."
(d) "Conditions of the Negro in America."

4. What was the name of the slave in 1741 that attempted to burn down the entire settlement of Charleston, Massachusetts?
(a) Sylvia.
(b) Ida.
(c) Kate.
(d) Mary.

5. 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 two.
(b) By four.
(c) By three.
(d) By six.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the Fifteenth Amendment pass?

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

3. What punishment did Maria receive for attempting to burn down her master's home in Massachusetts?

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

5. What happened to the Gross National Product between 1869 and 1899?

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