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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. When was the United Daughters of the Confederacy founded?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1894.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1897.

4. Of the soldiers buried at Blandford, about how many were identified?
(a) 1,100.
(b) Around 3,000.
(c) 1,800.
(d) About 2,200.

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

6. When did the first enslaved Africans arrive in America?
(a) 1640.
(b) 1599.
(c) 1619.
(d) 1592.

7. When was the land for Emancipation Park in Houston purchased?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1895.

8. When did Jefferson publish a history of the Confederacy claiming that slavery had nothing to do with the Civil War?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1881.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1883.

9. At the time Smith wrote How the Word Is Passed, how many Blacks lived in Texas?
(a) 3.5 million.
(b) 2.8 million.
(c) 4.1 million.
(d) 3.3 million.

10. How many sets of Confederate remains did the Petersburg Ladies' Memorial Association find?
(a) About 25,000.
(b) 27,000.
(c) 22, 000.
(d) Almost 30,000.

11. When did members of Petersburg's free Black community purchase the People's Memorial Cemetery?
(a) 1871.
(b) 1840.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1868.

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

13. Where is Blandford Cemetery located?
(a) Chestervield, Virginia.
(b) Sutherland, Virginia.
(c) Hopewell, Virginia.
(d) Petersburg, Virginia.

14. How many African men were brought to New Amsterdam as slaves in 1626?
(a) 39.
(b) 8.
(c) 11.
(d) 24.

15. What is the Black National Anthem?
(a) Strange Fruit.
(b) Lift Every Voice and Sing.
(c) Say It Loud! I'm Black and I'm Proud!
(d) A Change is Gonna Come.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was John J. Crittenden from who introduced what became known as the Crittenden Compromise?

2. When was Mr. Richard Poplar, a Black gentleman, said to have joined the Susex Dragoons?

3. According to historian Donald L. Fixico, how many Indigenous American lived in North American in 1492?

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

5. When was a slave market established on Wall Street?

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