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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. By the end of 1935, how many northern cities had over 100,000 African-Americans in population?

3. What was Mary McLeod Bethune riding aboard in 1927?

4. Who ran unsuccessfully for president of the NACW in 1924?

5. How many children were in Charlotte Hawkins Brown's family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What affect did WWI have on Blacks?

2. According to Virginia Durr, what were the two ways that the Depression affected people?

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

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

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

6. What was Madame Walker known for?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part two of the book was dedicated to the "new negro" woman. Discuss in detail who the "new negro" was. Why did she have to change? What steps were required for her to become a new woman? What problems did she face as she redefined who she was?

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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