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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many Black administrators had Angola had by the time Smith visited Angola Prison?
2. What percent of those at Angola did Norris believe were convicted by split juries?
3. When was the transatlantic slave trade outlawed?
4. When Smith visited Monticello, how many of the 89 tour guides were Black?
5. When did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that non-unanimous verdicts were unconstitutional for cases involving serious crimes?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Smith say that the Haitian Revolution was an impetus to the Louisiana Purchase?
2. Who was Sally Hemings?
3. What was convict leasing and how did non-unanimous jury decisions contribute to the system of convict leasing?
4. What did Patsy Dreher write in a book about living at Angola?
5. What was the Red Hat cell block at Angola?
6. How did Yvonne Holden, a guide at Whitney Plantation, believed that slavery needed to be depicted?
7. Why did some some people believe that certain exhibits at Whitney Plantation undermined the historical integrity of the place?
8. How did medical schools use the bodies of the enslaved?
9. How is Monticello situated on the land?
10. How did David Thorson compare history, nostalgia, and memory?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Smith discussed the lives of enslaved people. What did the lives they lived reveal about inhumane treatment?
Essay Topic 2
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. Why did the Emancipation Proclamation not help the formerly enslaved to make the transformation to freedom?
Essay Topic 3
When Robert E. Lee's men encountered the Black soldiers in battle, they had disdain for them. How did Confederate soldiers treat Black soldiers on and off the battlefield? Why were Black soldiers slaughtered by Confederate troops?
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