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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. When did the Dutch form New Amsterdam, which became New York City?
(a) 1624.
(b) 1631.
(c) 1617.
(d) 1603.

2. Where were the Sons of Confederates founded in Richmond?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1896.
(d) 1871.

3. When was the United Daughters of the Confederacy founded?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1897.

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

5. When did Sam Houston, the first president of the Republic of Texas, refuse to swear an oath to the Confederacy?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1859.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was Norris Henderson paid for working in the field when he was at Angola?

2. How old was Yvonne Holden's grandfather when he and his brother tried to leave Arkansas for Illinois?

3. When did John Cummings learn about Whitney Plantation and consider buying it?

4. How many Black soldiers were killed after surrendering either during or after the Battle of the Crater?

5. 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?

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