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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the Fifteenth Amendment permit the right to vote to?

2. What, by order of the House of Burgesses, were masters of slaves able to do to their servants?

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

4. According to Virginia law, if a Christian was found to "commit fornication" with a Negro man or woman, how would his fines multiply?

5. In 1915, how many state and local branches did the Black Chamber of Commerce have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What headlines ran on Christmas Day in 1884 in the "Daily Appeal"?

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

4. How did Mary Ann Shadd Cary prove that she, as a Black woman, should have the right to vote?

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

6. Why did the chapter "The Quest for Woman Suffrage" state that women's suffrage was important?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wartime for Black women was a very difficult period. Discuss the added problems that Black women faced during wartime. How did war change how Black women were seen by society? What changes did Black women make in response to the wars? What affect did war have on the Black woman and her family?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the Black women's clubs detailed in the book and describe:

1) its initial founding

2) the focus of the group

3) the progress the group made and

4) the opposition the group faced.

Essay Topic 3

How did mainstream society depict Black women in media? What issues did Black women have with these depictions? What did Black women do to change these media representations?

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