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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. According to a woman named Temple Cummins, how long did her master intend to delay telling the slaves they were free?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 18 months.
(c) After he made another crop or two.
(d) After harvest.

2. When did John Cummings learn about Whitney Plantation and consider buying it?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1997.

3. How large is the arena for the Angola Prison Rodeo?
(a) 9,000 seats.
(b) 7,000 seats.
(c) 4,000 seats.
(d) 6,000 seats

4. How many times did an honor guard at the Sons of Confederate Veterans celebration at Blandford shoot their rifles?
(a) 4 times.
(b) 2 times.
(c) 3 times.
(d) 1 time.

5. When did complete abolition come to New York?
(a) 1842.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1839.
(d) 1841.

Short Answer Questions

1. After slaves were freed, what Texas mayor rounded up Black "runaways" (191) and returned them to their owners?

2. Before Lincoln was inaugurated, how many states seceded from the Union?

3. How long was Norris Henderson imprisoned in Angola?

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

5. When did Laura Martin Rose, historian and president of the UDC's Mississippi chapter, publish The Ku Klux Klan; or, Invisible Empire?

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