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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 year was the Dryer bill introduced to Congress?

2. How much did the cost of living rise from 1914 to 1918?

3. Where was the Council for Interracial Cooperation founded?

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

5. Who ran unsuccessfully for president of the NACW in 1924?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Madame Walker known for?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What were the ratio differences between young Black women and young White women over the age of fourteen working?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The book gives many different descriptions regarding Black women throughout history. Discuss the different social descriptions, the change of how society looked at Black women, and how they were able to help change the way that society looked at them.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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