View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Galveston Island - New York City.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Whiteheads sold the land that became Seneca Village, what did a Black shoe shiner named Andrew Williams pay for three plots of land?
(a) $125.
(b) $110.
(c) $150.
(d) $135.

2. How many African men were brought to New Amsterdam as slaves in 1626?
(a) 39.
(b) 8.
(c) 24.
(d) 11.

3. When was the first high school for Blacks established in Texas?
(a) 1883.
(b) 1885.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1880.

4. What was the average age for a Civil War soldier according to a man named Jason at the SCV celebration?
(a) 17 to 22.
(b) 18 to 24.
(c) 19 to 25.
(d) 20 to 30.

5. How many Blacks were enslaved in Texas when General Granger read the statement that said the slaves were free?
(a) 225,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 300,000.
(d) 200,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Norris Henderson imprisoned in Angola?

2. When did Angola Prison's infamous maximum-security housing unit, Red Hat cell block, close?

3. What General and his men were urged by the Richmond Examiner to "butcher every negro that Grant sends against your brave troops? (131)?

4. When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, how much of the total wealthy in the U.S. was owned by Black Americans?

5. When was the first person put to death by lethal injection in Lousiaian?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 184 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample