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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When was Mr. Richard Poplar, a Black gentleman, said to have joined the Susex Dragoons?
(a) March 1861.
(b) May 1861.
(c) April 1861.
(d) February 1861.

4. What countries had considered supported the Confederacy before the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) Britain and Spain.
(b) Germany and Italy.
(c) Britain and France.
(d) Austria and Germany.

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

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

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

8. After slaves were freed, what Texas mayor rounded up Black "runaways" (191) and returned them to their owners?
(a) Galveston.
(b) Corpus Christi.
(c) Houston.
(d) Beaumont.

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

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

11. How many Black soldiers fought on behalf of the Union?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 300,000.
(d) 150,000.

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

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

14. When was the first high school for Blacks established in Texas?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1885.

15. According to historian Donald L. Fixico, how many Indigenous American lived in North American in 1492?
(a) 25 million.
(b) 10 to 20 million.
(c) A few million to 15 million.
(d) 8 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the man who dressed as General Granger at a Juneteenth program?

2. At the time Smith wrote How the Word Is Passed, how many Blacks lived in Texas?

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

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

5. When Smith was in New York City, what station did he leave from to reach the South Ferry stop?

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