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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Goree Island - Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Black soldiers were killed after surrendering either during or after the Battle of the Crater?
(a) 180.
(b) Roughly 200.
(c) 75.
(d) About 150.

2. What was the average age for a Civil War soldier according to a man named Jason at the SCV celebration?
(a) 17 to 22.
(b) 18 to 24.
(c) 19 to 25.
(d) 20 to 30.

3. When did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that non-unanimous verdicts were unconstitutional for cases involving serious crimes?
(a) 2021.
(b) 2019.
(c) 2018.
(d) 2020.

4. When was the African Burial Ground declared a National Historic Landmark?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1984.

5. What was the name of the man who dressed as General Granger at a Juneteenth program?
(a) David Watson.
(b) Stephen Duncan.
(c) William Morris.
(d) Michael Allstown.

Short Answer Questions

1. How large is the arena for the Angola Prison Rodeo?

2. When was the book The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South published?

3. How many Union soldiers died at the prison established at Charleston's Washington Race Course and Jackey Club?

4. How long after Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation did General Granger and his forces arrive in Galveston?

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

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