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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. Between 1915 and 1920, how many Blacks "heeded its (the North's) call" because of the southern exploitation they faced regarding labor.

2. How much did Mary McLeod Bethune have as her initial investment to start a school?

3. In what year was the Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education Supreme Court case argued?

4. What was the first theatrical production to feature attractively costumed, glamorous Black women?

5. How many people, out of the 139 named, were of mixed heritage in W.E.B. Du Bois' "Who's Who of Colored Americans"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What affect did WWI have on Blacks?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss in detail the problems that Black women faced prior to the creation of laws that bettered treatment of slaves.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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