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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Dress Rehearsal for the Sixties, Coming Full Circle, Women's Movement and Black Discontent, Strong Women and Strutting Men, and Outlook.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the motto of the NACW?
(a) "Acceptance, Equality, and Love."
(b) "Lifting as We Climb."
(c) "Lifting Voices, Hope, and Acceptance."
(d) "Insuring Our Voices Heard."

2. During the 1920s, what rate shot up?
(a) Marriage rate.
(b) Divorce rate.
(c) Suicide rate.
(d) Birth rate.

3. Following the Civil War, why how did Black men "vindicate their manhood"?
(a) By petitioning the government.
(b) By declaring themselves head-of-household.
(c) By purchase of thier wives from the slave holder.
(d) By taking authority of women.

4. What was the name of the activists that took buses from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans, Louisiana?
(a) The Anti-Racism Riders.
(b) The Freedom Riders.
(c) The Equality Riders.
(d) The Southern Riders.

5. Between 1957 and 1963, how many crosses were burned in the city of Birmingham, Alabama?
(a) Over 50.
(b) 34.
(c) 3.
(d) Less than 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Mary McLeod Bethune have as her initial investment to start a school?

2. In 1830, who did Maria Stewart tell that it was their duty to cultivate a pure heart and thirst for knowledge in their children?

3. In 1937, how many Black woman walked out of the I.N. Vaughn Company because of low wages and hard work?

4. Who wrote the poem "Deliverance"?

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

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