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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Laura Martin Rose, historian and president of the UDC's Mississippi chapter, publish The Ku Klux Klan; or, Invisible Empire?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1914.

3. What was the name of the man who dressed as General Granger at a Juneteenth program?
(a) William Morris.
(b) David Watson.
(c) Stephen Duncan.
(d) Michael Allstown.

4. When did former Confederate general Bradley T. Johnson explain that slavery was an apprenticeship for savage races?
(a) May 18, 1896.
(b) February 22, 1896.
(c) April 11, 1896.
(d) March 9, 1896.

5. When did a new museum open on Liberty Island where the Statue of Liberty is located?
(a) 2017.
(b) 2018.
(c) 2019.
(d) 2020.

6. Where was John J. Crittenden from who introduced what became known as the Crittenden Compromise?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Kentucky.

7. How many stained glass windows did Louis Comfort Tiffany create for Blandford Church?
(a) 18.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

8. When did Jefferson publish a history of the Confederacy claiming that slavery had nothing to do with the Civil War?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1881.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1889.

9. When Smith was in New York City, what station did he leave from to reach the South Ferry stop?
(a) Penn Station.
(b) Grand Central Station.
(c) Byside Station.
(d) Parkside Station.

10. When were the people of Seneca Village removed by force?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1853.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1852.

11. Where is Blandford Cemetery located?
(a) Chestervield, Virginia.
(b) Petersburg, Virginia.
(c) Hopewell, Virginia.
(d) Sutherland, Virginia.

12. What is the date of the oldest marked grave at Blandford Cemetery?
(a) 1705.
(b) 1702.
(c) 1704.
(d) 1703.

13. What countries had considered supported the Confederacy before the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) Britain and France.
(b) Britain and Spain.
(c) Germany and Italy.
(d) Austria and Germany.

14. When Lincoln ran for the presidency in 1860, in how many states did slavery exist?
(a) 19.
(b) 11.
(c) 15.
(d) 24.

15. When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, how much of the total wealthy in the U.S. was owned by Black Americans?
(a) 0.5 percent.
(b) 0.7 percent.
(c) 0.4 percent.
(d) 0.2 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1860, what was the value of the nearly four million enslaved people valued at?

2. How long after Robert E. Lee surrendered did General Granger and his forces arrive in Galveston?

3. When was a slave market established on Wall Street?

4. When was the first Memorial Day celebrated on the grounds of Blandford Cemetery?

5. When was the first high school for Blacks established in Texas?

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