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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the land for Emancipation Park in Houston purchased?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1876.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1892.

2. How long after Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation did General Granger and his forces arrive in Galveston?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 18 months.

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

4. When was Mr. Richard Poplar, a Black gentleman, said to have joined the Susex Dragoons?
(a) March 1861.
(b) April 1861.
(c) May 1861.
(d) February 1861.

5. How old was Leon A. Waters in the Prologue?
(a) 68.
(b) Early 70s.
(c) Late 60s.
(d) 62.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the land that became the Whitney Plantation purchased?

2. When did Ulrich Bonnell Phillips write that slavery was a benevolent system designed to civilize "an inferior African race" (71)?

3. When was the transatlantic slave trade outlawed?

4. Compared to the entrance hall to Jefferson's mansion, what size was the replica slave quarters at Monticello?

5. When was Blandford Church deconsecrated?

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