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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 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) $110.
(c) $125.
(d) $135.

2. 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) 1/4.
(b) About 2/3.
(c) Almost 1/2.
(d) 1/3.

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

4. When Smith attended a Juneteenth celebration, how long had Kathy Tiernan been organizing the programs?
(a) 12 years.
(b) A decade.
(c) 10 years.
(d) Half a dozen years.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the Black National Anthem?

3. According to a woman named Temple Cummins, how long did her master intend to delay telling the slaves they were free?

4. What was Jefferson Davis's home state?

5. When was the United Daughters of the Confederacy founded?

Short Essay Questions

1. What education project was the UDC involved in?

2. What considerations did Smith feel needed to be made when studying history or celebrating significant moments of the past?

3. What was the Lost Cause movement?

4. What did Lee write to his wife in 1856 about slavery?

5. When was slavery introduced to Manhattan and when was it abolished in New York State?

6. What is the history of the Black National Anthem?

7. Who did Smith take with him to the Sons of Confederate Veterans ( SCV) commemoration celebration?

8. What did Damaras Obi, a tour guide in New York City, say about how slavery was central to the U.S. economy?

9. What did Smith write about the stories told about history at the end of the chapter about Blandford Cemetery?

10. What was the power of the Emancipation Proclamation, and what power did it have?

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