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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 Angola Prison's infamous maximum-security housing unit, Red Hat cell block, close?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1973.

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

3. When was the land that became the Whitney Plantation purchased?
(a) 1761.
(b) 1752.
(c) 1774.
(d) 1749.

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

5. When did John Cummings learn about Whitney Plantation and consider buying it?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1991.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that non-unanimous verdicts were unconstitutional for cases involving serious crimes?

2. How many firsthand accounts of formerly enslaved people were collected by the Federal Writers' Project in the late 1930s?

3. How many of Sally Hemings children did Jefferson father?

4. When Smith interviewed Niya Bates, how long did she say they had been giving esentially the same main tour?

5. What highway did Smith take to Angola Prison?

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