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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. What novel described all kinds of women with poetic rapture?
(a) "A Floating Iris."
(b) "Cane."
(c) "The Southern Rapture."
(d) "The River."

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

3. How many American women were working 1945?
(a) 35 million.
(b) 7 million.
(c) 20 million.
(d) 11 million.

4. In what state was Mary McLeod Bethune born?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Virginia.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Tennessee.

5. Whom did critics in 1900 state was the author of "the most powerful protest novel . . . with the exception of Ann Perry"?
(a) Mary May Wright.
(b) Francis Burks.
(c) Laura Sterns.
(d) Pauline Hopkins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the sheriff that upheld segregation ordinance in Birmingham, Alabama?

2. During Bethune's travel through 21 states, what percentage of young Blacks were on relief?

3. How many lynching took place between 1919 and 1923?

4. By the end of 1935, how many northern cities had over 100,000 African-Americans in population?

5. At which bible institute did Mary McLeod Bethune study?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did "Half-Century" in 1922 state that brown skin was more appealing?

2. What accomplishments did the NACW have by 1916?

3. What did the radical atmosphere of the 1920's make possible for Blacks to initiate in the political arena?

4. What change did the Susan B. Anthony Amendment face in regard to the Jones Amendment?

5. How did the Federal Emergency Relief Administration of the Department of Labor make life harder for Blacks during the Depression?

6. Why did the chapter "Cusp of a New Era" state that Black club women's achievements were most satisfying?

7. What affect did WWI have on Blacks?

8. In 1919, what unusual step did Senator Henry Cabot Lodge take?

9. What caused a dramatic shift in the role of the woman in the work force in 1941?

10. In 1920, what did the YWCA go on record as advocating?

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