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

2. When was the largest slave rebellion in U.S. history?
(a) 1811.
(b) 1810.
(c) 1813.
(d) 1812.

3. When was the song Dixie written?
(a) 1840s.
(b) 1850s.
(c) 1820s.
(d) 1830s.

4. How many of Sally Hemings children survived into adulthood?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

5. How many family members did a man named Jeff who attended the Sons of Confederate Veterans celebration have at Blandford Cemetery?
(a) 61.
(b) 85.
(c) 78.
(d) 53.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Black administrators had Angola had by the time Smith visited Angola Prison?

2. When did Smith make the visits to the places he describes in How the Word is Passed?

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

4. When does myth say that Union general Gordon Granger stood on the balcony of Ashton Villa in Galveston, Texas, and read the order that announced the end of slavery?

5. When did Ulrich Bonnell Phillips write that slavery was a benevolent system designed to civilize "an inferior African race" (71)?

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