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

2. In what year was the Federal Employment Practices Commission established?

3. What riot inspired the sonnet that Senator Henry Cabot Lodge placed into "The Congressional Record"?

4. What school, according to the chapter "The Radical Interracialists," was tongue-lashed by Congress for its library containing a book on socialism?

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

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 affect did WWI have on Blacks?

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

4. What accomplishments did the NACW have by 1916?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Part two of the book was dedicated to the "new negro" woman. Discuss in detail who the "new negro" was. Why did she have to change? What steps were required for her to become a new woman? What problems did she face as she redefined who she was?

Essay Topic 3

How did mainstream society depict Black women in media? What issues did Black women have with these depictions? What did Black women do to change these media representations?

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