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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) Memphis.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Nashville.
(d) Jackson.

2. Who wrote "Voice of the South"?
(a) Maria Strena Markerson.
(b) Dawn South.
(c) Anna Julia Cooper.
(d) W.E.B. Du Bois.

3. To whom did Mary Church Terrell look to for help in her address to President Harrison?
(a) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Federick Douglass.
(d) Marcus Garvey.

4. What was the name of the woman that taught former slaves in the 1860's in the South Carolina Sea Islands?
(a) Martha Banks.
(b) Mary Wright.
(c) Sara Brooks.
(d) Laura Towne.

5. Who, according to the chapter "To be a Woman Sublime," was the wealthiest and best educated Black woman of the time?
(a) Ida B. Wells.
(b) Fannie Barrier Williams.
(c) Sojourner Truth.
(d) Mary Church Terrell.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did the CWL successfully lobby to establish kindergarten classes in 1898?

2. What did the chapter, "To Be A Woman Sublime" state to be a watershed in the history of Black women?

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

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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. At a women's rights meeting in Akron, Ohio, what was Sojourner Truth's message?

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the two sides regarding the Fifteenth Amendment.

7. Although written to discuss the animal world, Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" was consequently paralleled to human society. How was this explained?

8. What law did Virginia pass in regard to children born to Black female slaves and their masters?

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

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

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