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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. By 1860, what was the value of the nearly four million enslaved people valued at?
(a) $3.5 billion.
(b) $4.9 million.
(c) $4.6 billion.
(d) $2.8 million.

2. Before the civil war, how many slave cabins were on the Whitney Plantation?
(a) 36.
(b) 22.
(c) 28.
(d) 39.

3. According to historian Donald L. Fixico, how many Indigenous American lived in North American in 1492?
(a) 10 to 20 million.
(b) 25 million.
(c) A few million to 15 million.
(d) 8 million.

4. How many years did it take Nora Davidson's Ladies' Memorial Association to exhume bodies of Confederate soldiers and bury them?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 12 years.

5. When was the first Memorial Day celebrated on the grounds of Blandford Cemetery?
(a) May 1866.
(b) August 1866.
(c) July 1866.
(d) June 1866.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did David Thorson, the guide at Monticello, do before becoming a tour guide?

2. When Smith visited Angola Prison, what percent of people serving life sentences were Black?

3. When was the song Dixie written?

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

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

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