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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 did Al Edwards Sr. attempt to turn Juneteenth into a statewide celebration in Texas?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1984.

2. How many slaves did Jefferson sell over the course of his life?
(a) 125.
(b) 75.
(c) About 50.
(d) More than 100.

3. To what Native Americans did the land Monticello sits on belong?
(a) Munsee Lanape.
(b) Monacan.
(c) Nottoway.
(d) Choctaw.

4. From where were the jail cells that sit at the center of Whitney Plantation grounds from originally?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Illinois.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What percent of those at Angola did Norris believe were convicted by split juries?

2. After slaves were freed, what Texas mayor rounded up Black "runaways" (191) and returned them to their owners?

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

4. What was the name of Sally Hemings child who was freed in Jefferson's will?

5. When was the oral history project begun to interview descendants of the enslaved community at Monticello?

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