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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 cigar company found itself in the middle of a strike in 1917 in Norfolk, Virginia?
(a) The Richmond Cigar Company.
(b) The East Coast Cigar Company.
(c) The American Cigar Company.
(d) The Virginia Cigar Company.

2. Between 1915 and 1920, how many Blacks "heeded its (the North's) call" because of the southern exploitation they faced regarding labor.
(a) 700,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 1,000,000.
(d) 500,000.

3. According to the chapter "Black Braintrusters," how many Black women marched into the White House in 1941?
(a) 100.
(b) 67.
(c) 31.
(d) 15.

4. Prior to the United States entering into WWII, what percent of school systems refused to hire married women?
(a) 17%.
(b) 85%.
(c) 77%.
(d) 54%.

5. How many children were in Charlotte Hawkins Brown's family?
(a) 9.
(b) 19.
(c) 14.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who founded the UNIA?

2. In 1916, what group launched a campaign to save the home of Frederick Douglass from default?

3. How many, counting Mary McLeod Bethune, of her siblings were able to attend school?

4. What group in 1927 invited Mary McLeod Bethune to attend a meeting held and hosted by Eleanor Roosevelt?

5. What was the name of the St. Louis Black woman that led a strike against a pecan factory owner?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the South, what did racial antipathy do?

2. Describe the KKK between 1915 and 1919.

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

4. What happened to the Daytona School for Girls between 1915 and 1927?

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

6. What questions were Blacks left with in the years following WWI?

7. Why did the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt not give Black leaders any reason to celebrate?

8. What was Madame Walker known for?

9. What were the ratio differences between young Black women and young White women over the age of fourteen working?

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

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