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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. According to the chapter "Black Braintrusters," how many Black women marched into the White House in 1941?

2. How many days did it take the Black female workers and the I.N. Vaughn Company to come to an agreement on new work conditions and wages?

3. In 1941, who was the Secretary of War that Bethune wrote to regarding the war department's failure to invite the NCNW to a meeting that was organizing women for the war effort?

4. What mission in New York, helped women get job-placement, job training, and offered Afro-American history courses?

5. In 1917, Ida Wells-Barnett held a memorial service for how many Black soldiers (hung in accusation for shooting Whites)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused a dramatic shift in the role of the woman in the work force in 1941?

2. What affect did WWI have on Blacks?

3. What did the suffrage campaign represent for Black women?

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

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

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

7. Why did the chapter "Cusp of a New Era" state that Black club women's achievements were most satisfying?

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

9. Describe the KKK between 1915 and 1919.

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although the book's focus was mainly on the problems that Black women faced, issues that White women faced were also detailed. Compare and contrast the issues that both White and Black women faced.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss in detail the power that Black women possessed throughout their fight for equal rights.

-Where did their power come from?

-How did they find their strength?

-What caused Black women to fight for their rights?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the treatment of Black female slaves from setting foot on American soil until slavery was abolished?

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