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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many free and enslaved people are buried at the African Burial Ground National Monument?
(a) 394.
(b) 511.
(c) 419.
(d) 278.

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

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

4. What is the date of the oldest marked grave at Blandford Cemetery?
(a) 1702.
(b) 1705.
(c) 1704.
(d) 1703.

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

6. When did a new museum open on Liberty Island where the Statue of Liberty is located?
(a) 2018.
(b) 2017.
(c) 2020.
(d) 2019.

7. When Lincoln ran for the presidency in 1860, in how many states did slavery exist?
(a) 24.
(b) 11.
(c) 19.
(d) 15.

8. When was a slave market established on Wall Street?
(a) 1703.
(b) 1711.
(c) 1709.
(d) 1717.

9. How many Union soldiers died at the prison established at Charleston's Washington Race Course and Jackey Club?
(a) Nearly 260.
(b) Almost 300.
(c) 229.
(d) 274.

10. What countries had considered supported the Confederacy before the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) Britain and Spain.
(b) Austria and Germany.
(c) Germany and Italy.
(d) Britain and France.

11. How many years did it take Nora Davidson's Ladies' Memorial Association to exhume bodies of Confederate soldiers and bury them?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 5 years.

12. In Richmond, what size is the Robert E. Lee statue?
(a) 18 feet tall.
(b) 27 feet tall.
(c) 12 feet tall.
(d) 21 feet tall.

13. When did a Black community once exist in what has become Central Park?
(a) 1820 to 1849.
(b) 1830 to 1854.
(c) 1825 to 1857.
(d) 1835 to 1861.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When Smith attended a Juneteenth celebration, how long had Kathy Tiernan been organizing the programs?

4. During a parade for the Martyrs of the Race Course, how many black schoolchildren led the procession?

5. When was the first high school for Blacks established in Texas?

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