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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. By the end of 1935, how many northern cities had over 100,000 African-Americans in population?

2. In 1945, what percent of the American workforce was women?

3. During Bethune's travel through 21 states, what percentage of young Blacks were on relief?

4. What was the "talk of the twenties"?

5. America was the ___________ nation to enfranchise women.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What affect did WWI have on Blacks?

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

4. What questions were Blacks left with in the years following WWI?

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

6. What was Madame Walker known for?

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

8. What preparations did Lugenia Burns Hope make for the CIC meeting in Memphis?

9. Describe the KKK between 1915 and 1919.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the Black women's clubs detailed in the book and describe:

1) its initial founding

2) the focus of the group

3) the progress the group made and

4) the opposition the group faced.

Essay Topic 3

What opposition did Black women face in regard to the men of their own race and culture? Where did these issues arise from? How were the issues solved?

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