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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through To be a Woman Sublime.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the White women's club founded in 1868 because of the exclusion of women journalists.
(a) The American Woman Writers Club.
(b) The New York Woman Writers Club.
(c) The American Journalists Club.
(d) The Sorosis Women's Club.

2. In 1915, how many state and local branches did the Black Chamber of Commerce have?
(a) 600.
(b) 250.
(c) 16.
(d) 170.

3. In what year was Darwin's "Origin of Species" published?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1803.
(d) 1786.

4. In what city did Black washerwomen announce that they were going to charge a standard rate for their work? (1866)
(a) Montgomery.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Nashville.

5. How much money did the CWL successfully lobby to establish kindergarten classes in 1898?
(a) $20,000.
(b) $7,000.
(c) $12,000.
(d) $4,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the Fifteenth Amendment permit the right to vote to?

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

3. Who led the NCLU at its founding meeting in Washington, D.C. in 1869?

4. Who, in 1867, spoke against the Fifteenth Amendment before the AERA?

5. Who organized the Colored Women's Progressive Association in 1880?

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