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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. What was the name of the grocery that had been a target of White resentment?

2. What did Dr. Cesare Lombroso publish in 1876?

3. Following the Civil War, why how did Black men "vindicate their manhood"?

4. How old was Mary Church Terrell when she learned of the lynching of the grocer?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Ultimately, why was Thomas Moss lynched?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although the book's focus was mainly on the problems that Black women faced, issues that White women faced were also detailed. Compare and contrast the issues that both White and Black women faced.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the treatment of Black female slaves from setting foot on American soil until slavery was abolished?

Essay Topic 3

One major success story, the story of Madame Walker, was described in the book. What was the story of Madame Walker? Who was she? Where did her success stem from? What did her success spearhead for Black women?

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