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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) $125.
(b) $135.
(c) $150.
(d) $110.

4. What is the Black National Anthem?
(a) Strange Fruit.
(b) Lift Every Voice and Sing.
(c) A Change is Gonna Come.
(d) Say It Loud! I'm Black and I'm Proud!

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

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

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

8. When was the first Memorial Day celebrated on the grounds of Blandford Cemetery?
(a) July 1866.
(b) August 1866.
(c) May 1866.
(d) June 1866.

9. According to Joseph T. Glatthaar, historian, in 1861, how many Confederate soldiers either owned slaves or lived with a head of household who did?
(a) Almost 1/2.
(b) 1/4.
(c) About 2/3.
(d) 1/3.

10. How long after General Granger issued his general order in Galveston did the people from the Freedmen's Bureau arrive to provide assistance to Blacks?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) About 3 months.
(d) More than 2 months.

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

12. What was the name of the man who dressed as General Granger at a Juneteenth program?
(a) Stephen Duncan.
(b) Michael Allstown.
(c) William Morris.
(d) David Watson.

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

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

15. What General and his men were urged by the Richmond Examiner to "butcher every negro that Grant sends against your brave troops? (131)?
(a) General Chestnut.
(b) General Mahone.
(c) General Starke.
(d) General Allen.

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

3. In 2018, how much tax money was directed toward maintaining Confederate monuments?

4. When was the African Burial Ground declared a National Historic Landmark?

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

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