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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 did the Dutch form New Amsterdam, which became New York City?
(a) 1603.
(b) 1617.
(c) 1624.
(d) 1631.
2. How many Blacks were enslaved in Texas when General Granger read the statement that said the slaves were free?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 225,000.
(d) 300,000.
3. What was Jefferson Davis's home state?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Louisiana.
4. How many stained glass windows did Louis Comfort Tiffany create for Blandford Church?
(a) 20.
(b) 12.
(c) 18.
(d) 15.
5. What General and his men were urged by the Richmond Examiner to "butcher every negro that Grant sends against your brave troops? (131)?
(a) General Chestnut.
(b) General Starke.
(c) General Allen.
(d) General Mahone.
Short Answer Questions
1. When was the Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Act passed by the Virginia legislature?
2. According to a woman named Temple Cummins, how long did her master intend to delay telling the slaves they were free?
3. Where was John J. Crittenden from who introduced what became known as the Crittenden Compromise?
4. Of the soldiers buried at Blandford, about how many were identified?
5. According to Joseph T. Glatthaar, historian, in 1861, how many Confederate soldiers either owned slaves or lived with a head of household who did?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Seneca Village?
2. What did Lee write to his wife in 1856 about slavery?
3. What did Smith write about the stories told about history at the end of the chapter about Blandford Cemetery?
4. What was the Blandford Church?
5. In 1881, what did Jefferson Davis write about the cause of the Civil War?
6. Why was the Petersburg Ladies' Memorial Association established, and how successful were they in their mission?
7. When was slavery introduced to Manhattan and when was it abolished in New York State?
8. What education project was the UDC involved in?
9. What did Heidi Christensen say about the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC)?
10. What was the power of the Emancipation Proclamation, and what power did it have?
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