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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. Where was John J. Crittenden from who introduced what became known as the Crittenden Compromise?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Kentucky.

2. How many free and enslaved people are buried at the African Burial Ground National Monument?
(a) 419.
(b) 394.
(c) 278.
(d) 511.

3. How many sets of Confederate remains did the Petersburg Ladies' Memorial Association find?
(a) About 25,000.
(b) 22, 000.
(c) Almost 30,000.
(d) 27,000.

4. By 1860, what was the value of the nearly four million enslaved people valued at?
(a) $4.6 billion.
(b) $4.9 million.
(c) $2.8 million.
(d) $3.5 billion.

5. In 1850, how many Black people owned property in New York City?
(a) 48.
(b) 62.
(c) 57.
(d) 71.

Short Answer 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?

2. When did Sam Houston, the first president of the Republic of Texas, refuse to swear an oath to the Confederacy?

3. How long after Robert E. Lee surrendered did General Granger and his forces arrive in Galveston?

4. When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, how much of the total wealthy in the U.S. was owned by Black Americans?

5. Where is Blandford Cemetery located?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What advice did tour guide Damaras Obi, leave Smith and the other tour participants with?

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

6. What was the Lost Cause movement?

7. What did Kevin M. Levin write about the Battle of the Crater and how Black soldiers were treated?

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

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

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

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