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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. 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) More than 2 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) About 3 months.
(d) 5 months.

2. What color uniforms did Blacks wear in the Union Army?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

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

4. In Richmond, what size is the Robert E. Lee statue?
(a) 12 feet tall.
(b) 18 feet tall.
(c) 21 feet tall.
(d) 27 feet tall.

5. When was Blandford Church deconsecrated?
(a) 1802.
(b) 1809.
(c) 1811.
(d) 1806.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Blandford Cemetery located?

2. What countries had considered supported the Confederacy before the Emancipation Proclamation?

3. What is the date of the oldest marked grave at Blandford Cemetery?

4. When Smith was in New York City, what station did he leave from to reach the South Ferry stop?

5. How old was Al Edwards Sr. when Smith was able to speak to him at a Juneteenth celebration in Galveston?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Emancipation Park in Houston?

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

3. According to historian Jill Lepore, what was the death toll for Africans brought to America?

4. Why did Al Edwards Sr. work to make Juneteenth a Texas state holiday?

5. What happened to a woman named Tempie Cummins and her mother after freedom was declared?

6. What was the Lost Cause movement?

7. In 1881, what did Jefferson Davis write about the cause of the Civil War?

8. What did Martha at Blandford Cemetery think Robert E. Lee would have felt about all the statues in his honor?

9. What did Robert E. Lee write in a letter in 1869 about monuments?

10. What was the Blandford Church?

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