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

2. What is the Black National Anthem?
(a) Lift Every Voice and Sing.
(b) Say It Loud! I'm Black and I'm Proud!
(c) A Change is Gonna Come.
(d) Strange Fruit.

3. When was the first Memorial Day celebrated on the grounds of Blandford Cemetery?
(a) June 1866.
(b) July 1866.
(c) May 1866.
(d) August 1866.

4. When did Sam Houston, the first president of the Republic of Texas, refuse to swear an oath to the Confederacy?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1862.

5. What was the average age for a Civil War soldier according to a man named Jason at the SCV celebration?
(a) 18 to 24.
(b) 20 to 30.
(c) 19 to 25.
(d) 17 to 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many African men were brought to New Amsterdam as slaves in 1626?

2. When was the Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Act passed by the Virginia legislature?

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

4. What General and his men were urged by the Richmond Examiner to "butcher every negro that Grant sends against your brave troops? (131)?

5. How many stained glass windows did Louis Comfort Tiffany create for Blandford Church?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the Petersburg Ladies' Memorial Association established, and how successful were they in their mission?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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