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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. At the Juneteenth celebration Smith attended, what church did Reverend Lewis Simpson Jr. pastor?
(a) Living Word Baptist Church.
(b) Saint John Missionary Baptist Church.
(c) Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church.
(d) First Union Baptist Church.

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

3. When did the Dutch form New Amsterdam, which became New York City?
(a) 1617.
(b) 1603.
(c) 1631.
(d) 1624.

4. After slaves were freed, what Texas mayor rounded up Black "runaways" (191) and returned them to their owners?
(a) Beaumont.
(b) Houston.
(c) Corpus Christi.
(d) Galveston.

5. 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) $125.
(b) $110.
(c) $150.
(d) $135.

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. What color uniforms did Blacks wear in the Union Army?

3. When was Blandford Church deconsecrated?

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. After Smith's first visit to Blandford, where did he drive?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Emancipation Park in Houston?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What myth tells a story about General Gordon Granger?

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

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