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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When was a slave market established on Wall Street?
(a) 1717.
(b) 1709.
(c) 1703.
(d) 1711.

4. 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) $150.
(b) $135.
(c) $125.
(d) $110.

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

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

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

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

9. When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, how much of the total wealthy in the U.S. was owned by Black Americans?
(a) 0.7 percent.
(b) 0.5 percent.
(c) 0.2 percent.
(d) 0.4 percent.

10. What was Jefferson Davis's home state?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Virginia.

11. How many Blacks were enslaved in Texas when General Granger read the statement that said the slaves were free?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 225,000.
(d) 300,000.

12. When were the people of Seneca Village removed by force?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1852.
(d) 1853.

13. According to a woman named Temple Cummins, how long did her master intend to delay telling the slaves they were free?
(a) 2 years.
(b) After harvest.
(c) After he made another crop or two.
(d) 18 months.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Blandford Cemetery located?

3. How many Union soldiers died at the prison established at Charleston's Washington Race Course and Jackey Club?

4. When was the first Memorial Day celebrated on the grounds of Blandford Cemetery?

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

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