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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. Following the Civil War, why how did Black men "vindicate their manhood"?

2. Who became dean of Howard University, was a founding member of the NAACP, and opposed women's suffrage?

3. What, according to the first item of business of the Black leaders' agenda, did women have to defend?

4. Who was the leading suffragist of the Tuskegee Woman's Club (as denoted in the chapter "The Quest for Woman Suffrage")?

5. In 1913, what group organized a march in Washington, D.C. for the day before Woodrow Wilson's inauguration?

Short Essay Questions

1. What incident moved W.E.B. Du Bois to praise Black women for their courage?

2. Why was the Black family under siege between 1890 and 1910?

3. Why did many of the Baptist clergy state that the only place for women was in the church singing?

4. Ultimately, why was Thomas Moss lynched?

5. What headlines ran on Christmas Day in 1884 in the "Daily Appeal"?

6. After emancipation, what did both Black men and women escape from? (Not in regard to slavery itself.)

7. Why did the chapter "Defending Our Name" state that Ida B. Wells should have been pleased?

8. Why did the chapter "The Quest for Woman Suffrage" state that women's suffrage was important?

9. What commonalities did Black and White women's organizations have?

10. What were Thomas Moss's final words before he was lynched in Tennessee?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What impact did education have in the lives of Black women? Who were the key people involved in ensuring education for Black women was available? What did proper and higher education do for the advancement of Black women?

Essay Topic 3

How did Black women impact the issues associated with race? What did they initiate? What progress were they responsible for?

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