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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 led the NCLU at its founding meeting in Washington, D.C. in 1869?

2. In what city did Black washerwomen announce that they were going to charge a standard rate for their work? (1866)

3. What exposition in 1893 presented Black women with the opportunity to address the redefining of the criteria of true womanhood?

4. Who was the leading suffragist of the Tuskegee Woman's Club (as denoted in the chapter "The Quest for Woman Suffrage")?

5. Who, according to the chapter "To be a Woman Sublime," was the wealthiest and best educated Black woman of the time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What commonalities did Black and White women's organizations have?

4. What happened as a result of Ida B. Wellss' British tour?

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the two sides regarding the Fifteenth Amendment.

10. How did Representative Clark of Florida (1915) prefer to look at women?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How did interracial cooperation affect the equality movement? What problems were found to lie within interracial cooperation? What problems did interracial cooperation solve?

Essay Topic 3

Part one of the book was dedicated to Black women "inventing themselves." Discuss in detail the steps that Black women needed to take to invent themselves.

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