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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Whitney Plantation - Angola Prison.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the transatlantic slave trade outlawed?
(a) 1801.
(b) 1804.
(c) 1808.
(d) 1811.

2. When was the book The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South published?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1956.

3. In "Monticello Plantation," where was Smith living?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Boston.
(d) Washington, D.C.

4. How many of Jefferson's descendants are buried in the Jefferson Cemetery?
(a) Roughly 200.
(b) 240.
(c) About 250.
(d) 280.

5. How deep did slaves have to dig for water before water was found at Monticello?
(a) 20 feet.
(b) 30 feet.
(c) 70 feet.
(d) 65 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Smith visited Monticello, how many of the 89 tour guides were Black?

2. What percent of those at Angola did Norris believe were convicted by split juries?

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

4. When Smith interviewed Niya Bates, how long did she say they had been giving esentially the same main tour?

5. When did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that non-unanimous verdicts were unconstitutional for cases involving serious crimes?

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