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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 was the author of the first Black novel written in America?

2. Whose philosophy did schools need to use in order to insure funding for Black schools?

3. In what year was Darwin's "Origin of Species" published?

4. To whom did Mary Church Terrell look to for help in her address to President Harrison?

5. In 1830, who did Maria Stewart tell that it was their duty to cultivate a pure heart and thirst for knowledge in their children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the two sides regarding the Fifteenth Amendment.

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

3. Why did the chapter "Defending Our Name" state that Ida B. Wells should have been pleased?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Part two of the book was dedicated to the "new negro" woman. Discuss in detail who the "new negro" was. Why did she have to change? What steps were required for her to become a new woman? What problems did she face as she redefined who she was?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, Ida B. Wells is discussed in great detail. Discuss Well's accomplishments throughout her time as an activist.

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