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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What state law covered under federal legislation, declared that one spouse must resign if the other was gainfully employed?
(a) Federal Economy Act.
(b) Federal Fair Work Act.
(c) Federal Single Family Employment Act.
(d) Federal Women's Work Act.

2. In 1917, Ida Wells-Barnett held a memorial service for how many Black soldiers (hung in accusation for shooting Whites)?
(a) 6.
(b) 11.
(c) 37.
(d) 19.

3. What advertising image did the chapter "A Search for Self" state was grotesque? (As pointed out by Elise McDougald.)
(a) Uncle Ben.
(b) Mrs. Butterworth.
(c) Rastus-Cream of Wheat.
(d) Aunt Jemima.

4. What school, according to the chapter "The Radical Interracialists," was tongue-lashed by Congress for its library containing a book on socialism?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) William and Mary University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Howard University.

5. In what year was the Council for Interracial Cooperation founded?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1905.

6. How many children were in Charlotte Hawkins Brown's family?
(a) 14.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 19.

7. In what year did Booker T. Washington die?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1915.

8. Who ran unsuccessfully for president of the NACW in 1924?
(a) Mary McLeod Bethune.
(b) Ida Well-Barnett.
(c) Mary Church Terrell.
(d) Sojourner Truth.

9. What year's census showed that "all women employed in manufacturing and mechanical industries were Black"?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1950.

10. In what year was the Federal Employment Practices Commission established?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1941.

11. In what state was Mary McLeod Bethune born?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Virginia.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Kentucky.

12. In 1935, what leader of the Texas state committee insisted that Texas Whites would object to an integrated Texas community?
(a) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) Martin B. Hidgins.
(c) Paul Minors.
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower.

13. What group "went to the extraordinary length of taking a stand against lynching in 1917"?
(a) NWCL.
(b) ABWL.
(c) NCWA.
(d) NAWSA.

14. What Black poet's work was entered into "The Congressional Record" by Senator Henry Lodge?
(a) Claude McKay.
(b) Maya Angelou.
(c) Selma Thompkins.
(d) Arna Bontemps.

15. What was Mary McLeod Bethune riding aboard in 1927?
(a) A slave ship.
(b) A ocean-liner.
(c) A Navy cruise ship.
(d) A submarine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the chapter "Toward Interracial Cooperation," did Black women believe was essential to "racial harmony"?

2. What was the name of the student that spoke out against the Congressional tongue-lashing a university received for having a book on socialism in it's library?

3. How many days did it take the Black female workers and the I.N. Vaughn Company to come to an agreement on new work conditions and wages?

4. During the 1920s, what rate decreased?

5. In 1945, what percent of the American workforce was women?

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