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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. How many members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans were suspended in 2002 to 2004 because they spoke out against racism?
(a) Around 500.
(b) 380.
(c) 250.
(d) Approximately 300.

2. When did Louisiana begin using the electric chair?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1939.

3. How many slaves did the Madison family have on Monticello Plantation?
(a) 170.
(b) About 150.
(c) More than 300.
(d) 200.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the Sons of Confederates founded in Richmond?

2. When did Madison Hemings, Sally Hemings and Jefferson's son give an interview to the Pike County Republican newspaper?

3. How many firsthand accounts of formerly enslaved people were collected by the Federal Writers' Project in the late 1930s?

4. How many African men were brought to New Amsterdam as slaves in 1626?

5. At the time Smith wrote How the Word Is Passed, how many Blacks lived in Texas?

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