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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 old was Niya Bates, the director of African American history at Monticello, when Smith visit4ed when the Sally Heminmgs DNA results were released?
(a) 11.
(b) Around 8.
(c) Not quite 9.
(d) 7.

2. 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?
(a) June 20, 1865.
(b) June 18, 1865.
(c) June 17, 1865.
(d) June 19, 1865.

3. During a parade for the Martyrs of the Race Course, how many black schoolchildren led the procession?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 7,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 5,000.

4. When did Laura Martin Rose, historian and president of the UDC's Mississippi chapter, publish The Ku Klux Klan; or, Invisible Empire?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1908.

5. How many Blacks were enslaved in Texas when General Granger read the statement that said the slaves were free?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 300,000.
(c) 225,000.
(d) 200,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the average age for a Civil War soldier according to a man named Jason at the SCV celebration?

2. What countries had considered supported the Confederacy before the Emancipation Proclamation?

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

4. When did the State of Louisiana take over running Angola?

5. When were the people of Seneca Village removed by force?

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