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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. When was the land that became the Whitney Plantation purchased?

2. In "Monticello Plantation," where was Smith living?

3. When did the children honored at the Field of Angels die in Saint John the Baptist Parish?

4. Compared to the entrance hall to Jefferson's mansion, what size was the replica slave quarters at Monticello?

5. When did Louisiana begin using the electric chair?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did medical schools use the bodies of the enslaved?

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 information did Smith notice that their tour guide at Angola failed to mention?

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

6. Why did Smith say that the Haitian Revolution was an impetus to the Louisiana Purchase?

7. How was Niya Bates, then Monticello's director of African American history and of the Getting Word oral history project, trying to find descendants of the enslaved community at Monticello?

8. How did Yvonne Holden, a guide at Whitney Plantation, believed that slavery needed to be depicted?

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

10. Who was the first person put to death in Louisiana by lethal injection?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Slaves had little control over their lives and day-to-day activities. How did the enslaved lack agency in their lives? How was their humanity abused by this loss of agency?

Essay Topic 3

Angola Prison was once a slave plantation. How and why did Smith feel that conversations were silenced about how the past activities on the land shaped its present?

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