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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 Union soldiers died at the prison established at Charleston's Washington Race Course and Jackey Club?

2. By 1860, what was the value of the nearly four million enslaved people valued at?

3. After Smith's first visit to Blandford, where did he drive?

4. In 1850, how many Black people owned property in New York City?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Lost Cause movement?

2. What did Kevin M. Levin write about the Battle of the Crater and how Black soldiers were treated?

3. In 1881, what did Jefferson Davis write about the cause of the Civil War?

4. What was the Blandford Church?

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

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

7. According to historian Jill Lepore, what was the death toll for Africans brought to America?

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

9. Why was the Petersburg Ladies' Memorial Association established, and how successful were they in their mission?

10. What did Lee write to his wife in 1856 about slavery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After the Civil War, there was a movement to recast the Civil War as a fight for "family, honor, and heritage" (140). Why was there a movement when the war ended to recast the Civil War as a fight for family, honor, and heritage, rather than to keep slavery as an institution?

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

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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