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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. Where was John J. Crittenden from who introduced what became known as the Crittenden Compromise?
2. How many stained glass windows did Louis Comfort Tiffany create for Blandford Church?
3. When Lincoln ran for the presidency in 1860, in how many states did slavery exist?
4. When were the people of Seneca Village removed by force?
5. What was Jefferson Davis's home state?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the power of the Emancipation Proclamation, and what power did it have?
2. According to historian Jill Lepore, what was the death toll for Africans brought to America?
3. What did Robert E. Lee write in a letter in 1869 about monuments?
4. What did Smith write about the stories told about history at the end of the chapter about Blandford Cemetery?
5. What was Seneca Village?
6. What education project was the UDC involved in?
7. Who did Smith take with him to the Sons of Confederate Veterans ( SCV) commemoration celebration?
8. What was the Lost Cause movement?
9. What did Lee write to his wife in 1856 about slavery?
10. What was the Blandford Church?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Is Smith a trustworthy or untrustworthy narrator? Why or why not? Support your answer with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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