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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many lynchings occurred in 1892?
(a) 255.
(b) 168.
(c) 673.
(d) 307.

4. Who was the author of the first Black novel written in America?
(a) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(b) William Wells Brown.
(c) Richard M. Morester.
(d) Frederick Douglass.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What city did the lynching occur at the opening of the book?

2. What did Ida B. Wells claim "should have a place of honor in every home"?

3. Who, in 1609, was sold to a group of Native Americans by Captain John Smith?

4. In 1874, what was the most formidable women's organization in Britain?

5. Who wrote the poem "Deliverance"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Thomas Moss's final words before he was lynched in Tennessee?

2. What contradictions did Black women face when it came to supporting Booker T. Washington?

3. A month before Blacks set foot in Virginia, what laws did the House of Burgesses pass?

4. What opinion did "The Woman's Era" (1894) offer regarding the traditional roles of women?

5. What were the differences between the Black and White women's organizations?

6. What commonalities did Black and White women's organizations have?

7. What was the goal of the CWPA?

8. What was the purpose of the World Colombian Exposition of 1893?

9. What caused Mary Church Terrell to plunge head-first into a life of vibrant activism?

10. According to the chapter "Casting of the Die," how did English slave traders describe Black women?

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