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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 year was Darwin's "Origin of Species" published?
(a) 1803.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1786.

2. What was the name of the grocery that had been a target of White resentment?
(a) Southern Grocery.
(b) People's Grocery.
(c) First Street Grocery.
(d) Misson's Grocery.

3. How many Whites were shot on the Saturday night raid on the local Black grocery?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

4. In 1830, who did Maria Stewart tell that it was their duty to cultivate a pure heart and thirst for knowledge in their children?
(a) Black and white mothers.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Black mothers.
(d) Black men.

5. What was the name of the slave in 1741 that attempted to burn down the entire settlement of Charleston, Massachusetts?
(a) Mary.
(b) Kate.
(c) Sylvia.
(d) Ida.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who were servant women sold to if they were found guilty of bearing a child of her master's in Virginia?

3. According to the chapter "Defending Our Name," who "stole the show" at the founding meeting of the uniting of the National Federation of Afro-American Women and the National Association of Colored Women?

4. What was the name of the first Black novel published in America? (1861)

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened as a result of Ida B. Wellss' British tour?

2. What did the end of the chapter "Prelude to a Movement" state were the problems that educated Black women faced?

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

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

5. How did Representative Clark of Florida (1915) prefer to look at women?

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

7. What did Robert Purvis say about the equality of sexes?

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

9. How did Mary Ann Shadd Cary prove that she, as a Black woman, should have the right to vote?

10. After emancipation, what did both Black men and women escape from? (Not in regard to slavery itself.)

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