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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. Who, at an 1869 convention, spoke in support of the Fifteenth Amendment?

2. In 1895, who was the principal of the Tuskegee Institute?

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

4. When did the first African men and women come to Virginia?

5. What was the name of the woman that taught former slaves in the 1860's in the South Carolina Sea Islands?

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused Mary Church Terrell to plunge head-first into a life of vibrant activism?

2. What did the end of the chapter "Prelude to a Movement" state were the problems that educated Black women faced?

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

4. Ultimately, why was Thomas Moss lynched?

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

6. Describe the two sides regarding the Fifteenth Amendment.

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

8. At a women's rights meeting in Akron, Ohio, what was Sojourner Truth's message?

9. What did Ida B. Wells read in a paper after attending a meeting in Washington, D.C. to speak before Black women activists?

10. What was the goal of the CWPA?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss in detail the problems that Black women faced in regard to the establishment of Black feminist groups. What problems did black women face in regard to opposition from white men and women and from black men?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss in detail the power that Black women possessed throughout their fight for equal rights.

-Where did their power come from?

-How did they find their strength?

-What caused Black women to fight for their rights?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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