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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. According to an article in "The Independent," as referenced by the text in the chapter "Defending Our Name," what did White women prefer to happen to "keep their husbands straight"?
(a) That "their husbands do wrong with colored women."
(b) That "slaves were always on the verge of hostility."
(c) That "they find suitable White mistresses to ensure pure blood."
(d) That "the bastard children of their husbands were killed."

2. Whom did the Fifteenth Amendment permit the right to vote to?
(a) Black men and white women.
(b) Black men.
(c) White women.
(d) Black men and women.

3. According to Virginia law, if a Christian was found to "commit fornication" with a Negro man or woman, how would his fines multiply?
(a) By three.
(b) By two.
(c) By six.
(d) By four.

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

5. How many signatures did the Victoria Earle Mathew's Loyal Union collect in support of the Blair Amendment?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 10,000+.
(c) 8,800.
(d) 9,100.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Whites were shot on the Saturday night raid on the local Black grocery?

2. In 1830, who did Maria Stewart tell that it was their duty to cultivate a pure heart and thirst for knowledge in their children?

3. What club was organized by Ida Wells-Barnett in 1913.

4. Who was known as the "Uncrowned Queen of American Democracy"?

5. Who was by law ordered to be whipped for laying with a negro in 1630?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did many of the Baptist clergy state that the only place for women was in the church singing?

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

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

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

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

8. Why did the chapter "Defending Our Name" state that Ida B. Wells should have been pleased?

9. Why was the Black family under siege between 1890 and 1910?

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

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