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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. When was the oral history project begun to interview descendants of the enslaved community at Monticello?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1992.
3. How many people were known to have been enslaved at Whitney Plantation?
(a) 407.
(b) 354.
(c) 391.
(d) 289.
4. When was Monticello first opened to the public?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1897.
5. How long did it take to build Jefferson's house at Monticello?
(a) 36 years.
(b) 42 years.
(c) More than 40 years.
(d) About 30 years.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did Louisiana begin using the electric chair?
2. When was the book The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South published?
3. What did David Thorson, the guide at Monticello, do before becoming a tour guide?
4. On the German Coast of Louisiana in the early 19th century, what percent of the total population was enslaved?
5. When was the largest slave rebellion in U.S. history?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does most of the information about Sally Hemings and Jefferson's relationship come from?
2. What was convict leasing and how did non-unanimous jury decisions contribute to the system of convict leasing?
3. What role did New Orleans have in the slave trade?
4. How was Niya Bates, then Monticello's director of African American history and of the Getting Word oral history project, trying to find descendants of the enslaved community at Monticello?
5. How did David Thorson describe slavery?
6. What was Ulrich Bonnell Phillips theory about chattel slavery and when was the first book written to change this idea?
7. How did John Cummings establish the Whitney Plantation?
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 was David Thorson's background--the guide who gave Smith a tour of Monticello?
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