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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who was by law ordered to be whipped for laying with a negro in 1630?
(a) Richard Martin.
(b) Frederick Salts.
(c) Deacon Marks.
(d) Hugh Davis.

3. Where was Mary Church Terrell living when she heard the news of the grocer's lynching?
(a) Fairbanks.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) New York City.
(d) Nashville.

4. In 1895, who was the principal of the Tuskegee Institute?
(a) Terrance Williams.
(b) Frederick Douglass.
(c) Booker T. Washington.
(d) Andrew Carnegie.

5. Where did Lucy C. Laney graduate from?
(a) Cornell University.
(b) Atlanta University.
(c) Princeton.
(d) William and Mary.

6. What caused the death of both of Ida B. Wells' parents?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Diphtheria.
(c) Small pox.
(d) Polio.

7. What did Dr. Cesare Lombroso publish in 1876?
(a) "Science of the Negro."
(b) "Adaptations of the Post-Slave."
(c) "Criminal Man."
(d) "Wickedness of the Black."

8. What, according to the first item of business of the Black leaders' agenda, did women have to defend?
(a) Complacency.
(b) Self-love.
(c) Their ability to work.
(d) Moral integrity.

9. According to the text, what were Black women "especially adept" at doing to their masters?
(a) Escaping them.
(b) Poisoning them.
(c) Burning fields.
(d) Seducing them.

10. What club was organized by Ida Wells-Barnett in 1913.
(a) The Rights of Women in Illinois Club.
(b) The Illinois Women's Club.
(c) The Alpha Suffrage Club.
(d) The Women's Suffrage Club.

11. Who became the first Black Alderman of Chicago?
(a) Jefferson Terrell.
(b) Anthony Roberts.
(c) Oscar DePriest.
(d) Thomas Paine.

12. What exposition in 1893 presented Black women with the opportunity to address the redefining of the criteria of true womanhood?
(a) The Southern Rights Exposition.
(b) The Black Rights Exposition.
(c) The American Liberal Exposition.
(d) The World Colombian Exposition.

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

14. In 1874, what was the most formidable women's organization in Britain?
(a) The ECWO.
(b) The NACB.
(c) The FCWB.
(d) The WCTU.

15. 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) Ida B. Jones.
(b) Mary Franklin.
(c) Jane P. Merritt.
(d) Josephine Seams.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who, according to the chapter "To be a Woman Sublime," was the wealthiest and best educated Black woman of the time?

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

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

5. In what city did Black washerwomen announce that they were going to charge a standard rate for their work? (1866)

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