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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation did General Granger and his forces arrive in Galveston?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 6 months.

2. When were the people of Seneca Village removed by force?
(a) 1853.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1852.
(d) 1859.

3. When was the Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Act passed by the Virginia legislature?
(a) 2018.
(b) 2017.
(c) 2016.
(d) 2015.

4. How many stained glass windows did Louis Comfort Tiffany create for Blandford Church?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 18.
(d) 20.

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

6. 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.

7. How long after Robert E. Lee surrendered did General Granger and his forces arrive in Galveston?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 8 weeks.
(c) More than 2 months.
(d) About 3 months.

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

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

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

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

12. When did Al Edwards Sr. attempt to turn Juneteenth into a statewide celebration in Texas?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1981.

13. When the Whiteheads sold the land that became Seneca Village, what did a Black shoe shiner named Andrew Williams pay for three plots of land?
(a) $110.
(b) $150.
(c) $125.
(d) $135.

14. When did complete abolition come to New York?
(a) 1842.
(b) 1839.
(c) 1841.
(d) 1850.

15. Before Lincoln was inaugurated, how many states seceded from the Union?
(a) 7.
(b) 8.
(c) 9.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Black National Anthem?

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

3. How old was Al Edwards Sr. when Smith was able to speak to him at a Juneteenth celebration in Galveston?

4. According to a woman named Temple Cummins, how long did her master intend to delay telling the slaves they were free?

5. What is the date of the oldest marked grave at Blandford Cemetery?

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