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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. In what state was Mary McLeod Bethune born?

2. What did Elise McDougald state was assuming a subordinate place in regard to feminists efforts?

3. What did the chapter "A Search for Self" compare postwar America to?

4. What, according to the chapter "Toward Interracial Cooperation," did Black women believe was essential to "racial harmony"?

5. In what year was the Anti-Lynching Crusaders organized?

Short Essay Questions

1. What concerns did interracial cooperation in the workplace world bring about?

2. What was the Negro Congress and the Southern Negro Youth Congress able to settle in regard to the strike between Black women and the I.N. Vaughn Company?

3. What affect did WWI have on Blacks?

4. What desire did Mary McLeod Bethune have after leaving Presbyterian Mission School?

5. What initially was to happen to the monies granted for slum clearance in Daytona Beach?

6. What did Mary McLeod Bethune do at the age of 52 in 1927?

7. In the South, what did racial antipathy do?

8. In 1920, what did the YWCA go on record as advocating?

9. According to Virginia Durr, what were the two ways that the Depression affected people?

10. In 1919, what unusual step did Senator Henry Cabot Lodge take?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

What impact did education have in the lives of Black women? Who were the key people involved in ensuring education for Black women was available? What did proper and higher education do for the advancement of Black women?

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