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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 artist designed the statues in the church at Whitney Plantation?
2. When did the State of Louisiana take over running Angola?
3. Between 1774 and 1778 how many births and deaths were among Jefferson's enslaved population?
4. When did Madison Hemings, Sally Hemings and Jefferson's son give an interview to the Pike County Republican newspaper?
5. How much was Norris Henderson paid for working in the field when he was at Angola?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was Sally Hemings?
2. Why did some some people believe that certain exhibits at Whitney Plantation undermined the historical integrity of the place?
3. How is Monticello situated on the land?
4. What did Patsy Dreher write in a book about living at Angola?
5. What information did Smith notice that their tour guide at Angola failed to mention?
6. What labor did slaves have to contribute to the building of Jefferson's house?
7. How did Yvonne Holden, a guide at Whitney Plantation, believed that slavery needed to be depicted?
8. Why did Smith say that the Haitian Revolution was an impetus to the Louisiana Purchase?
9. What role did New Orleans have in the slave trade?
10. What was David Thorson's background--the guide who gave Smith a tour of Monticello?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Historic integrity determines the ability of a site to convey its significance. Why is there controversy regarding the historical integrity of the Whitney Plantation?
Essay Topic 2
A tour guide at Monticello commented that "history is the story of the past using all the available facts” (41). How did the presentation of the history of Jefferson’s life change at Monticello? What facts were presented that were not presented earlier? What facts became available over time that were not available earlier? How did nostalgia and memory influence the story that was told about Jefferson previously?
Essay Topic 3
The song"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is known as the Black National Anthem. How and why did this song become known as the Black National Anthem?
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