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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. Where was the Council for Interracial Cooperation founded?
2. In what year was the first segregated YWCA chartered in Ohio?
3. In 1941, who was the Secretary of War that Bethune wrote to regarding the war department's failure to invite the NCNW to a meeting that was organizing women for the war effort?
4. During Bethune's travel through 21 states, what percent of youth did she find to be Black?
5. What was Mary McLeod Bethune riding aboard in 1927?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did the chapter "Cusp of a New Era" state that Black club women's achievements were most satisfying?
2. What change did the Susan B. Anthony Amendment face in regard to the Jones Amendment?
3. What allowed Eleanor Roosevelt to fully overcome her racial prejudice?
4. What did the radical atmosphere of the 1920's make possible for Blacks to initiate in the political arena?
5. How did the Federal Emergency Relief Administration of the Department of Labor make life harder for Blacks during the Depression?
6. Describe the KKK between 1915 and 1919.
7. What were the ratio differences between young Black women and young White women over the age of fourteen working?
8. In 1920, what did the YWCA go on record as advocating?
9. What caused a dramatic shift in the role of the woman in the work force in 1941?
10. What concerns did interracial cooperation in the workplace world bring about?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss in detail the problems that Black women faced prior to the creation of laws that bettered treatment of slaves.
Essay Topic 2
The book gives many different descriptions regarding Black women throughout history. Discuss the different social descriptions, the change of how society looked at Black women, and how they were able to help change the way that society looked at them.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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