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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. What was the average sentence at Angola?

2. When was Norris Henderson released from Angola?

3. When was Monticello first opened to the public?

4. When Smith visited Monticello, how many of the 89 tour guides were Black?

5. When did James Hubbard, an enslaved man who worked in Monticello's nail factory run away?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role did New Orleans have in the slave trade?

2. What is the replica of a slave cabin like at Monticello?

3. How did David Thorson describe slavery?

4. What was known about Jefferson's relationship to slavery?

5. Who was Sally Hemings?

6. What did Patsy Dreher write in a book about living at Angola?

7. What was David Thorson's background--the guide who gave Smith a tour of Monticello?

8. Why did some some people believe that certain exhibits at Whitney Plantation undermined the historical integrity of the place?

9. What was convict leasing and how did non-unanimous jury decisions contribute to the system of convict leasing?

10. What labor did slaves have to contribute to the building of Jefferson's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Jefferson was a slave owner. In what way was Jefferson conflicted regarding slavery? Why, if he found slavery to be repugnant, did he keep slaves? In what way did he have an ambivalent attitude toward slavery?

Essay Topic 3

Many individuals in the South want Confederate monuments to remain. Many Blacks want them removed. Why is there a difference of opinion about removing the monuments?

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