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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1941, who was the Secretary of War that Bethune wrote to regarding the war department's failure to invite the NCNW to a meeting that was organizing women for the war effort?
(a) Gordon M. Myers.
(b) Michael J. Simpson.
(c) Henry L. Stimson.
(d) Thomas J. Watters.

2. 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) Princeton University.
(c) Howard University.
(d) William and Mary University.

3. What was the name of the sheriff that upheld segregation ordinance in Birmingham, Alabama?
(a) Matthew Stride.
(b) Eugene Connor.
(c) Sam Spint.
(d) Steven McBride.

4. What was the name of the St. Louis Black woman that led a strike against a pecan factory owner?
(a) Fanny Mae Smith.
(b) Sandra Blantly.
(c) Mildred Stevens.
(d) Connie Smith.

5. Where was the Council for Interracial Cooperation founded?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Atlanta.

6. According to the chapter "Black Braintrusters," how many Black women marched into the White House in 1941?
(a) 100.
(b) 15.
(c) 67.
(d) 31.

7. How many people, out of the 139 named, were of mixed heritage in W.E.B. Du Bois' "Who's Who of Colored Americans"?
(a) 3.
(b) 15.
(c) 124.
(d) 65.

8. In what year was the Anti-Lynching Crusaders organized?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1918.

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

10. What school did the Daytona School for Girls merge with?
(a) Washington Institute.
(b) Cookman Institute.
(c) Du Bois' Boys Institute.
(d) Frankman's Boys School.

11. According to the chapter "Black Braintrusters," where were the first Black aviators for WWII trained?
(a) Tuskegee.
(b) Quantico.
(c) Fort Knox.
(d) West Point.

12. After the strike on the pecan factory in St. Louis ended, how much more per week did the women working there get paid?
(a) 8 dollars more a week.
(b) 2 dollars more a week.
(c) 6 dollars more a week.
(d) 4 dollars more a week.

13. What President's wife, in 1934, began taking an active stand on racial issues?
(a) Mamie Eisenhower.
(b) Bess Truman.
(c) Eleanor Roosevelt.
(d) Lou Hoover.

14. Who was the YWCA's first Black secretary?
(a) Theresa Singer.
(b) Eva Bowles.
(c) Sandra Bruns.
(d) Madra Biship.

15. What did the chapter "Toward Interracial Cooperation" name as the most "pressing reason to draw out the poison of racial antagonism"?
(a) Economy.
(b) Social justice.
(c) Euqality.
(d) Welfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What novel described all kinds of women with poetic rapture?

2. 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?

3. What cigar company found itself in the middle of a strike in 1917 in Norfolk, Virginia?

4. How many Black judges were "in the system" in New York City?

5. Who was the first Black woman elected to the YWCA's national board in 1924?

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