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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. Who was the YWCA's first Black secretary?

2. After the strike on the pecan factory in St. Louis ended, how much more per week did the women working there get paid?

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

4. According to the chapter "Black Braintrusters," where were the first Black aviators for WWII trained?

5. What year was the Dryer bill introduced to Congress?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was Madame Walker known for?

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

7. Why did the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt not give Black leaders any reason to celebrate?

8. What accomplishments did the NACW have by 1916?

9. How did Mary McLeod Bethune finance the Daytona School for Girls?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the Black women's clubs detailed in the book and describe:

1) its initial founding

2) the focus of the group

3) the progress the group made and

4) the opposition the group faced.

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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