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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 sold to raise part of the rest of the money needed to finance the school that Bethune needed to start her school?

2. What group in 1927 invited Mary McLeod Bethune to attend a meeting held and hosted by Eleanor Roosevelt?

3. What was the first theatrical production to feature attractively costumed, glamorous Black women?

4. During Bethune's travel through 21 states, what percent of youth did she find to be Black?

5. What cigar company found itself in the middle of a strike in 1917 in Norfolk, Virginia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the radical atmosphere of the 1920's make possible for Blacks to initiate in the political arena?

2. What was Madame Walker known for?

3. What did the suffrage campaign represent for Black women?

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

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

6. What two developments changed the image of Black women following WWI?

7. What change did the Susan B. Anthony Amendment face in regard to the Jones Amendment?

8. Why did "Half-Century" in 1922 state that brown skin was more appealing?

9. Describe the KKK between 1915 and 1919.

10. How did the Federal Emergency Relief Administration of the Department of Labor make life harder for Blacks during the Depression?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How did Black women impact the issues associated with race? What did they initiate? What progress were they responsible for?

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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