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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Union soldiers died at the prison established at Charleston's Washington Race Course and Jackey Club?
(a) Nearly 260.
(b) 274.
(c) Almost 300.
(d) 229.

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

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

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

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

6. How many members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans were suspended in 2002 to 2004 because they spoke out against racism?
(a) 250.
(b) Around 500.
(c) 380.
(d) Approximately 300.

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

8. When did former Confederate general Bradley T. Johnson explain that slavery was an apprenticeship for savage races?
(a) February 22, 1896.
(b) May 18, 1896.
(c) April 11, 1896.
(d) March 9, 1896.

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

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

11. In Richmond, what size is the Robert E. Lee statue?
(a) 27 feet tall.
(b) 21 feet tall.
(c) 18 feet tall.
(d) 12 feet tall.

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

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

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

15. When did Laura Martin Rose, historian and president of the UDC's Mississippi chapter, publish The Ku Klux Klan; or, Invisible Empire?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1914.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Black soldiers fought on behalf of the Union?

2. How long after Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation did General Granger and his forces arrive in Galveston?

3. When Lincoln ran for the presidency in 1860, in how many states did slavery exist?

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

5. What color uniforms did Blacks wear in the Union Army?

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