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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 year was the Anti-Lynching Crusaders organized?

2. How many Black judges were "in the system" in New York City?

3. What state law covered under federal legislation, declared that one spouse must resign if the other was gainfully employed?

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

5. What was the name of the St. Louis Black woman that led a strike against a pecan factory owner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the Daytona School for Girls between 1915 and 1927?

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

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

4. What affect did WWI have on Blacks?

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

6. What was Madame Walker known for?

7. Why did the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt not give Black leaders any reason to celebrate?

8. Describe the KKK between 1915 and 1919.

9. What allowed Eleanor Roosevelt to fully overcome her racial prejudice?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wartime for Black women was a very difficult period. Discuss the added problems that Black women faced during wartime. How did war change how Black women were seen by society? What changes did Black women make in response to the wars? What affect did war have on the Black woman and her family?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Many specific acts against Blacks were defined as being the initial reason to start an organization, a woman's initial involvement in the movement, and a call for serious social change. Discuss in depth one of the acts described in the book (in regard to the beginning of a group), the actions that supported the need for the change, who spearheaded the act, and where they took their hopes for the necessary change.

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