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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many sets of Confederate remains did the Petersburg Ladies' Memorial Association find?
(a) About 25,000.
(b) Almost 30,000.
(c) 27,000.
(d) 22, 000.

2. How many Black soldiers were killed after surrendering either during or after the Battle of the Crater?
(a) Roughly 200.
(b) 75.
(c) 180.
(d) About 150.

3. 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) 0.4 percent.
(c) 0.7 percent.
(d) 0.2 percent.

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

5. When did the Dutch form New Amsterdam, which became New York City?
(a) 1631.
(b) 1603.
(c) 1617.
(d) 1624.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Union soldiers died at the prison established at Charleston's Washington Race Course and Jackey Club?

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

3. How many members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans were suspended in 2002 to 2004 because they spoke out against racism?

4. When Lincoln ran for the presidency in 1860, in how many states did slavery exist?

5. How old was the city of Houston when Jack Yates and his family moved there?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Damaras Obi, a tour guide in New York City, say about how slavery was central to the U.S. economy?

2. What did Smith write about the stories told about history at the end of the chapter about Blandford Cemetery?

3. What education project was the UDC involved in?

4. In 1881, what did Jefferson Davis write about the cause of the Civil War?

5. What did Robert E. Lee write in a letter in 1869 about monuments?

6. What is the history of the Black National Anthem?

7. What was the Lost Cause movement?

8. What was the Blandford Church?

9. What considerations did Smith feel needed to be made when studying history or celebrating significant moments of the past?

10. Who did Smith take with him to the Sons of Confederate Veterans ( SCV) commemoration celebration?

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