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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 did Legenia Burns Hope organize the Atlanta Neighborhod Union?
2. In what year was the Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education Supreme Court case argued?
3. What did Elise McDougald state was assuming a subordinate place in regard to feminists efforts?
4. What was the name of the student that spoke out against the Congressional tongue-lashing a university received for having a book on socialism in it's library?
5. What group "went to the extraordinary length of taking a stand against lynching in 1917"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the Negro Congress and the Southern Negro Youth Congress able to settle in regard to the strike between Black women and the I.N. Vaughn Company?
2. What accomplishments did the NACW have by 1916?
3. What did the radical atmosphere of the 1920's make possible for Blacks to initiate in the political arena?
4. What caused a dramatic shift in the role of the woman in the work force in 1941?
5. How did Mary McLeod Bethune finance the Daytona School for Girls?
6. Describe the KKK between 1915 and 1919.
7. What allowed Eleanor Roosevelt to fully overcome her racial prejudice?
8. In the South, what did racial antipathy do?
9. What change did the Susan B. Anthony Amendment face in regard to the Jones Amendment?
10. Why did "Half-Century" in 1922 state that brown skin was more appealing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
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?
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