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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Whitney Plantation - Angola Prison.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Jefferson sign an act prohibiting the importation of slaves to the U.S.?
(a) 1805.
(b) 1807.
(c) 1808.
(d) 1806.

2. When was the first person put to death by lethal injection in Lousiaian?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1995.

3. How many firsthand accounts of formerly enslaved people were collected by the Federal Writers' Project in the late 1930s?
(a) 1,700.
(b) 2,800.
(c) 1,900.
(d) 2,300.

4. What was the name of Sally Hemings child who was freed in Jefferson's will?
(a) Harriet.
(b) Eston.
(c) Madison.
(d) Beverly.

5. When did the State of Louisiana take over running Angola?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1902.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Smith make the visits to the places he describes in How the Word is Passed?

2. How old was Niya Bates, the director of African American history at Monticello, when Smith visit4ed when the Sally Heminmgs DNA results were released?

3. What Black poet did Jefferson denigrate?

4. In 1860, how many of the nearly four million enslaved people were under the age of 20?

5. How much money did John Cummings invest in Whitney Planation to make it into a museum?

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