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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, how much of the total wealthy in the U.S. was owned by Black Americans?
(a) 0.2 percent.
(b) 0.7 percent.
(c) 0.5 percent.
(d) 0.4 percent.

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

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

4. How many times did an honor guard at the Sons of Confederate Veterans celebration at Blandford shoot their rifles?
(a) 2 times.
(b) 4 times.
(c) 3 times.
(d) 1 time.

5. How long after General Granger issued his general order in Galveston did the people from the Freedmen's Bureau arrive to provide assistance to Blacks?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) More than 2 months.
(d) About 3 months.

6. When was Blandford Church deconsecrated?
(a) 1806.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1811.
(d) 1809.

7. In 1850, how many Black people owned property in New York City?
(a) 48.
(b) 57.
(c) 62.
(d) 71.

8. At the time Smith wrote How the Word Is Passed, how long had Sue Johnson been organizing the Juneteenth event?
(a) 25 years.
(b) About 30 years.
(c) Not quite 20 years.
(d) 33 years.

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

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

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

12. When did the myth of Black Confederate soldiers emerge?
(a) 1940s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1970s.

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

14. According to Joseph T. Glatthaar, historian, in 1861, how many Confederate soldiers either owned slaves or lived with a head of household who did?
(a) 1/4.
(b) About 2/3.
(c) Almost 1/2.
(d) 1/3.

15. What color uniforms did Blacks wear in the Union Army?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2018, how much tax money was directed toward maintaining Confederate monuments?

2. After Smith's first visit to Blandford, where did he drive?

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

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

5. At the Juneteenth celebration Smith attended, what church did Reverend Lewis Simpson Jr. pastor?

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