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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When did Jefferson sign an act prohibiting the importation of slaves to the U.S.?
(a) 1807.
(b) 1806.
(c) 1805.
(d) 1808.
2. How many people were known to have been enslaved at Whitney Plantation?
(a) 391.
(b) 289.
(c) 407.
(d) 354.
3. How many of Sally Hemings children survived into adulthood?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.
4. How many firsthand accounts of formerly enslaved people were collected by the Federal Writers' Project in the late 1930s?
(a) 2,300.
(b) 1,900.
(c) 1,700.
(d) 2,800.
5. How old was Yvonne Holden's grandfather when he and his brother tried to leave Arkansas for Illinois?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 9.
Short Answer Questions
1. When was the first person put to death by lethal injection in Lousiaian?
2. How old was Jefferson's wife, Martha, when she died?
3. In the 2013 law suit when three men on death row sued Angola for "appalling and extreme conditions" (111), what was the heat index on death row at times?
4. In 1860, how many of the nearly four million enslaved people were under the age of 20?
5. How large is the arena for the Angola Prison Rodeo?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the Red Hat cell block at Angola?
2. Why did Smith say that the Haitian Revolution was an impetus to the Louisiana Purchase?
3. Who was the first person put to death in Louisiana by lethal injection?
4. How did David Thorson describe slavery?
5. What was known about Jefferson's relationship to slavery?
6. What was convict leasing and how did non-unanimous jury decisions contribute to the system of convict leasing?
7. What labor did slaves have to contribute to the building of Jefferson's house?
8. What information did Smith notice that their tour guide at Angola failed to mention?
9. Why did some some people believe that certain exhibits at Whitney Plantation undermined the historical integrity of the place?
10. What role did New Orleans have in the slave trade?
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