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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) 19.
(b) 11.
(c) 15.
(d) 24.

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

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

4. Where were the Sons of Confederates founded in Richmond?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1871.
(d) 1896.

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

6. When Smith was in New York City, what station did he leave from to reach the South Ferry stop?
(a) Parkside Station.
(b) Byside Station.
(c) Grand Central Station.
(d) Penn Station.

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

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

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

10. When does myth say that Union general Gordon Granger stood on the balcony of Ashton Villa in Galveston, Texas, and read the order that announced the end of slavery?
(a) June 20, 1865.
(b) June 19, 1865.
(c) June 17, 1865.
(d) June 18, 1865.

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

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

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

14. After Smith's first visit to Blandford, where did he drive?
(a) Portsmouth.
(b) Richmond.
(c) Norfolk.
(d) Chesapeake.

15. In 2018, how much tax money was directed toward maintaining Confederate monuments?
(a) Around $20 million.
(b) At least $40 million.
(c) $35 million.
(d) $45 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Sam Houston, the first president of the Republic of Texas, refuse to swear an oath to the Confederacy?

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

3. How old was the city of Houston when Jack Yates and his family moved there?

4. By 1860, what was the value of the nearly four million enslaved people valued at?

5. Where is Blandford Cemetery located?

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