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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Blandford Cemetery.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many slaves did Jefferson sell over the course of his life?
(a) 75.
(b) 125.
(c) About 50.
(d) More than 100.

2. What was the average sentence at Angola?
(a) 87 years.
(b) 79 years.
(c) 84 years.
(d) 90 years.

3. What percent of those at Angola did Norris believe were convicted by split juries?
(a) 50 percent.
(b) 45 percent.
(c) 25 percent.
(d) 35 percent.

4. When did former Confederate general Bradley T. Johnson explain that slavery was an apprenticeship for savage races?
(a) February 22, 1896.
(b) April 11, 1896.
(c) March 9, 1896.
(d) May 18, 1896.

5. Where was John J. Crittenden from who introduced what became known as the Crittenden Compromise?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Illinois.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of Sally Hemings children did Jefferson father?

2. How many people were known to have been enslaved at Whitney Plantation?

3. When Lincoln ran for the presidency in 1860, in how many states did slavery exist?

4. How many Black soldiers fought on behalf of the Union?

5. When was Monticello first opened to the public?

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