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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 site did Bethune put a down-payment on to start a school?
(a) A former jail-house.
(b) A former slave auction site.
(c) A former garbage-dump site.
(d) A former cotton plantation.

2. In what year was the Federal Employment Practices Commission established?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1941.

3. In what year did Booker T. Washington die?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1915.

4. Who was quoted at the opening of the chapter "The Second World War and After"?
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) Sojourner Truth.
(c) Virginia Durr.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was sold to raise part of the rest of the money needed to finance the school that Bethune needed to start her school?

2. According to the chapter "Black Braintrusters," how many Black women marched into the White House in 1941?

3. Why did the magazine of the NAACP in 1919 state that Black women felt pride for Black men during the race riots?

4. Who was the YWCA's first Black secretary?

5. During Bethune's travel through 21 states, what percent of youth did she find to be Black?

Short Essay Questions

1. What desire did Mary McLeod Bethune have after leaving Presbyterian Mission School?

2. What did Mary McLeod Bethune do at the age of 52 in 1927?

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

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

5. What two developments changed the image of Black women following WWI?

6. Describe the KKK between 1915 and 1919.

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

8. According to Virginia Durr, what were the two ways that the Depression affected people?

9. What accomplishments did the NACW have by 1916?

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

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