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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) 419.
(b) 394.
(c) 278.
(d) 511.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. How old was Al Edwards Sr. when Smith was able to speak to him at a Juneteenth celebration in Galveston?
(a) 93.
(b) 87.
(c) 82.
(d) 91.

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

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

15. Where was John J. Crittenden from who introduced what became known as the Crittenden Compromise?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Illinois.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Dutch form New Amsterdam, which became New York City?

2. In 1850, how many Black people owned property in New York City?

3. When did Laura Martin Rose, historian and president of the UDC's Mississippi chapter, publish The Ku Klux Klan; or, Invisible Empire?

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

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

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