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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the magazine of the NAACP in 1919 state that Black women felt pride for Black men during the race riots?
(a) Because the Black man had "not backed down from each other."
(b) Because the Black man had "stood up for the Black woman."
(c) Because the Black men had "taken out the White man for once."
(d) Because the Balck men had "stood like men."

2. What year was the Dryer bill introduced to Congress?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1915.

3. What school did the Daytona School for Girls merge with?
(a) Washington Institute.
(b) Frankman's Boys School.
(c) Cookman Institute.
(d) Du Bois' Boys Institute.

4. Who was the first White woman named as executive director of the CIC?
(a) Willie Mae Alexander.
(b) lillian Smith.
(c) Sonya Smith-Jackson.
(d) Jessie Daniel Ames.

5. How many Black branches did the YWCA have in the South in 1906?
(a) 23.
(b) 0.
(c) 16.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the sheriff that upheld segregation ordinance in Birmingham, Alabama?

2. What site did Bethune put a down-payment on to start a school?

3. What was the name of the St. Louis Black woman that led a strike against a pecan factory owner?

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. During Bethune's travel through 21 states, what percentage of young Blacks were on relief?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the KKK between 1915 and 1919.

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

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

4. What was Madame Walker known for?

5. What accomplishments did the NACW have by 1916?

6. What affect did WWI have on Blacks?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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