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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Galveston Island - New York City.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Whitney Plantation located?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Louisiana.

2. According to James Roberts, an enslaved man who fought in the Revolutionary war and was sold in 1783 to a Louisiana plantation, how many women were kept constantly for breeding?
(a) 90 to 100.
(b) 40 to 50.
(c) 70 to 80.
(d) 50 to 60.

3. How old was Al Edwards Sr. when Smith was able to speak to him at a Juneteenth celebration in Galveston?
(a) 93.
(b) 82.
(c) 87.
(d) 91.

4. After Smith's first visit to Blandford, where did he drive?
(a) Portsmouth.
(b) Chesapeake.
(c) Norfolk.
(d) Richmond.

5. Before Lincoln was inaugurated, how many states seceded from the Union?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times did an honor guard at the Sons of Confederate Veterans celebration at Blandford shoot their rifles?

2. In 1860, how many of the nearly four million enslaved people were under the age of 20?

3. When was the first person put to death by lethal injection in Lousiaian?

4. What countries had considered supported the Confederacy before the Emancipation Proclamation?

5. How long after Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation did General Granger and his forces arrive in Galveston?

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