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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 did the myth of Black Confederate soldiers emerge?

2. When did a new museum open on Liberty Island where the Statue of Liberty is located?

3. When did a Black community once exist in what has become Central Park?

4. Before Lincoln was inaugurated, how many states seceded from the Union?

5. In Richmond, what size is the Robert E. Lee statue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What considerations did Smith feel needed to be made when studying history or celebrating significant moments of the past?

2. What did Damaras Obi, a tour guide in New York City, say about how slavery was central to the U.S. economy?

3. What was the power of the Emancipation Proclamation, and what power did it have?

4. What did Robert E. Lee write in a letter in 1869 about monuments?

5. What did Heidi Christensen say about the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC)?

6. What is Emancipation Park in Houston?

7. What did Smith write about the stories told about history at the end of the chapter about Blandford Cemetery?

8. Who did Smith take with him to the Sons of Confederate Veterans ( SCV) commemoration celebration?

9. What was the Lost Cause movement?

10. What education project was the UDC involved in?

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

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 3

A letter Lee wrote to his wife in 1856 was often used to show that Lee did not fight for the Confederacy to “protect slavery” (128). Why was the letter not proof that Lee fought for other reasons than to protect slavery?

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