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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 advertising image did the chapter "A Search for Self" state was grotesque? (As pointed out by Elise McDougald.)

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

3. According to the chapter "Toward Interracial Cooperation," where did Black and White women "find a common meeting ground"?

4. During the 1920s, what rate decreased?

5. What did Elise McDougald state was assuming a subordinate place in regard to feminists efforts?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What affect did WWI have on Blacks?

7. Describe the KKK between 1915 and 1919.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

What issues caused controversy among supporters and opponents of the The Fifteenth Amendment? Why were those issues relevant?

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